I believe anon wasn’t talking about the Air Force geniuses. I am sure anon was speaking of the many multitudes of front line infantry/support folks who could not dream if getting accepted by the air force. Of course, there are some highly intelligent folks who got a raw deal and ended up in the army or marines.
Speaking in generalizations is always a zero sum game but I believe that was his point.
Have you seen the material those poor recruiters have to choose from lately?
“Here’s the arithmetic: one in three potential recruits are disqualified from service because they’re overweight, one in four cannot meet minimal educational standards (a high school diploma or GED equivalent), and one in 10 have a criminal history. In plain terms, about 71 percent of 18-to-24-year-olds (the military’s target pool of potential recruits) are disqualified from the minute they enter a recruiting station: that’s 24 million out of 34 million Americans. The good news is that while the military takes pride in attracting those who are fit, educated, law abiding, and drug-free, they’re having difficulty finding them—manifestly because fewer of them actually exist.“
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-recruitment-problem-the-military-doesnt-want-to-talk-about/