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I was on an aircraft carrier stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin during Nam. We used to have AF weenie pilots attempt to land/takeoff the carrier deck when we were off line. What a joke, they got waved off so frequently, that the deck officer sent them back to DaNang. I was told by a grunt friend of mine who was in country that they preferred Navy or Marine jet fighters drop ordanance on the NVA as AF pilots dropped ordanance on americans instead of NVA troops..Navy and Marine pilots back then, had solid brass balls. Would fly/land on the deck in any kind of weather, night ops, blinding wind and rain. In my 3 years on the carrier, never saw a Navy pilot miss the tail hook or go off the angle deck into the sea. AF pilots on the other hand....
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With all due respect (and plenty is due) to the Navy pilots who land on carriers....I can't imagine any Air Force pilot would be capable of doing that without months of training- the same way the Navy pilots learned. Not to mention I wasn't aware AF aircraft had arresting hooks.
One uncle of mine flew AF fighters throughout the 50s and 60s- was one of the first to go supersonic in an F100. The other uncle was a bombardier in the 8th Air Force 30 plus missions. There are plenty of balls and ability in every line of the service.