Honestly, I never let it bother me. In reality as a special forces guy (O'Neill) and an astrophysicist (Carter), it's very likely that in the real world neither of them would have been a pilot as they quite simply would not have had time to be trained as one plus their main job. Besides which, as I'm reading an F-16 pilot's memoir, fighter pilot slots are actually pretty rare in the Air Force. Granted, this doesn't really jive with the fact that they can actually fly, as we've seen, but either way.
Everyone who found this TIL interesting should read the book Viper Pilot. It is truly one of the best and most entertaining books I've ever read. It blows every other military / combat book I've read out of the water. His stories are so epic, I read the book in two sittings...
Everyone who found this TIL interesting should read the book Viper Pilot. It is truly one of the best and most entertaining books I've ever read. It blows every other military / combat book I've read out of the water. His stories are so epic and engaging that I read the book in two sittings...
For a good read on these crazy bastards, I recommended: https://www.amazon.com/Viper-Pilot-Memoir-Air-Combat-ebook/dp/B007HBTAP6