My brother is an F-16 pilot, and when I saw him over Christmas for the first time in a few years (we both did overseas tours) we talked about our respective experiences out in the real world. He went to a squadron in Germany, went TDY everywhere imaginable for exercises with allied air forces, and went to the desert to spend some time fucking up bad guys.
His experience with Navy/USMC jet pilots led him to conclude that they are tactically behind the state-of-the-art, if you will. He felt that Air Force jet guys had a way more relevant and demanding path to becoming a mission/strike lead than Navy guys. I was like, well obviously, you guys have waaaay more resources and far fewer competing demands. No Air Force pilot is in charge of a shop full of enlisted who look to him for the leadership they need to get their jobs done. They have collateral duties but nothing like us. So yeah, they probably spend more time training than we do.
On the other hand, people are running for the exits like the place is on fire. Go read flyingsquadron.com and see just how angsty and miserable they all seem. It's been like that since I was trying to get in back in 2010/2011. Our worst squadron has better morale than their average/good unit. When AF guys go to VT-3 they rave about how great Navy flying is and they dread going back when their tour is up.
Pick your poison I guess.