Perhaps you should read the separations afi. It's painful, but the "lt Col with more than 18 years declining an Adsc that would take him to/past 20" is specifically addressed in the nightmare of a chart. It might be the assignments afi...I forget. Read them both.
You can't beat the shoes unless you understand their rules better than they do.
I'm sure having all of our eggs in one basket won't ever bite us in the ass. It's not like there's a whiticism about it or anything. It's probably not important anyway
No radar, no pod, no hts, no datalink, no wingmen, no enemies, no threats. Moves in slow motion.
Not cosmic. You can handle an extra lever for the prop and mixture.
I'm guessing a lot of commenters don't actually know what aggressors squadrons do, should do, and used to do. The red air aspect is only a small part of the overall job. Damn near anyone can fly red air to varying degrees of effectiveness. Aggressor squadrons are different for a reason.