Sorry for the super late reply, but queue standard "go for it" careerist response. I know little about the AF and even less about its officer programs, but I can attest to the camaraderie and pride that military service gives us. That said, I'm thinking more and more about doing my twenty and getting out. The Army--and military in general--is changing rapidly; transitioning back to a "peacetime" mentality in which the "been-there, done that" types will be pushed to the side in favor of the ticket punchers. For better or worse I fall somewhere in between, having been stateside for over eight years now while the Army keeps me in non-combat roles.

You'll mostly earn your pay. I say mostly because this is by far the easiest job I've ever had. The retirement pay and benefits seem to be on the table whenever there's talk of budget cuts, but then again I get most of my news from milblogs that may or may not play it up. One thing I can say is that it doesn't seem like almost eleven years since I first enlisted. Time flies by and the people I've befriended alone are well worth the few bad times I've endured.