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Wasn’t expecting such a harsh response from a tongue and cheek reply to a previous post. It appears the haters are going to hate, and nothing will change your opinion… which is fine. AND I will freely admit, there have been ROTC Rhode Scholars (most from the Ivy Leagues). I will add (I think many of us agree) USAFA is an excellent academic institution. It consistently ranks in the top 15 in the country. The idea that there are hundreds just like it is absurd. One of the best aspects of the Academy is you can get an excellent education, play Division I sports, and for the most part (if medically qualified) get handed a ticket to UPT upon graduation. I argue this diversity of people flowing into the pilot ranks is the benefit that many are asking for with regard to pilot production. It is true though, the Air Force could care less where a pilot goes for the degree. In my UPT class, I had a classmate (Reservist) who was prior enlisted, ended up getting a BS degree from Touro. Did OTS and now is an Air Force pilot. I guess we could go this route instead. I want to address what some people say about the non-pilots at USAFA. To be honest, I’m not sure why people went through that bullshit for a degree they could have gotten at a civilian university. However, the Air Force was lucky to get people such as the president of US Air and other graduates (some who make seven figures and look at airline pay as lunch money) for the five years they served. The facts are there just are not enough slots at the ROTC dets at the top 14 schools to accommodate all these guys/gals if the Air Force Academy did not exist. There are some people who are attracted to a high quality education and the military gets tremendous value out of their human capital.

O man, harsh words! Sounds like someone is bitter about not being accepted into the Academy... j/k Anyways, you asked for some evidence. Here you go: Check out https://www.rhodesscholar.org/winners/college-and-university-winners Here are the cliff notes: Air Force Academy: 37 Uni of Wisconsin: 30 ASU: 5 FSU: 5 ERAU: 0 TUI: 0 However, we're no West Point (89) or Annapolis (46) but 37 is not so bad for a school with only 4,000 students and coming up on our 56th graduating class. Besides that, I know many on BO are looking for the airlines. Check out who the President of US Air is... yup, Academy grad and not that old. https://www.usairways.com/en-US/aboutus/pressroom/executivebios.html