Pros
- Free healthcare that does pretty well overall, despite its flaws. People like to complain about TriCare, but they've likely forgotten how awful dealing with privatized healthcare is like, especially when you need specialized care/medication - You'll meet a lot of people, and a lot of those people are pretty cool - Having most, if not all of your college or vocational education paid for (and being actively encouraged to pursue that education) is a pretty nice perk - It's not the Army (just kidding, I love you guys)
Cons
- Not strictly a con, but a caution: I cannot understate how much your mileage may vary when being in the Air Force. I've had an overall positive experience, but I've had colleagues who ended up at assignments they hated under leadership that was aloof and uncaring at best and actively hostile at worst. The quality of life of a comms troop will probably be very different from say, an aircraft maintainer. - "Needs of the Air Force" can ruin your day/month/year pretty easily - For more technical AFSCs, being on the salary is very uncompetitive. This is a recurring theme with all government jobs, but still - Depending on your career field and unit, you can find yourself in a very toxic unit