I believe that, because of the USAF selection process, the best pilots
mostly get assigned to fighters.

Depends. from 1987 (I think?) until 1997, UPT grads picked their own
assignments. I watched the #1 guy in a class take a C-20. In addition, from
1990-1994 there was the dreaded "banked pilot". Literally hundereds of
guys/gals got "banked" fighter assignments when they finished at the bottom of
their class, because top grads were taking the immediate flying jobs, which
often included bombers and heavies. Now, the requalification process weeded out
many of these "lower grad" fighter pilots, but not all.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"