Well just understand that anyone who flew in a WWII aircraft in combat that their life was on line and many of them did not make out alive.Just ask Chuck Yeager he said that what made him a good fighter pilot was that he did not fear death but understand that he actually faced death before he came up with that attitude.
If you join the Air Force you cant guarantee that you will forever fly one type of aircraft many pilots get moved around and they have to fly what ever is flown by the unit they get moved to and you also do not get to say "I don't want to move there or fly X plane its what they tell you to fly.Also the military is the master of taking what you would most like to do and assign you the exact opposite and they can tell when you are trying to use reverse psychology on them. An older cousin of mine was a Marine aviator he started in A-4s the went to Harriers then to F/A-18s then a desk.
If you really want to fly for the US military the first step is to become an officer unless you want to fly choppers for the US Army.Then you have to complete officer training Academy or ROTC the you have to pass the tests to get into flight school then you have to pass basic flight school and hope that you did well enough to go to the fighter program at the same time if you did well in both they might need a heavy pilot more and you'll go there anyway.You have a lot of goals to meet before you get to an A-10 cockpit or flight deck as they now called in the military.I am not saying that your goal is impossible it is just going to be very difficult.
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