On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 10:08:13 +0900, Michael Cash  ...
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>On 21 Aug 2004 08:59:12 -0700, Brett Robson <jet_boy@deja.com> brought
>down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>
>
>>>http://tinyurl.com/4bxoh
>>
>>"A total of 14 or 15 F-102 fighters were lost in Vietnam. Three were shot down
>>by anti-aircraft or small arms fire, one is believed to have been lost in
>>air-to-air combat with a MiG-21, four were destroyed on the ground during Viet
>>Cong attacks, and the remainder succumbed to training accidents"
>>
>>So that is 4 lost to combat. F-4 760 lost, F-100 242, F-105 397.
>>
>>"Nevertheless, we have established that the F-102 was serving in combat in
>>Vietnam at the time Bush enlisted to become an F-102 pilot."
>>
>>In regular USAAF units.
>
>You missed the part about pilots from Bush's unit  [volunteering to] rotating
>there?
> 
>>
>>"...routinely rotated to Vietnam for combat duty under a **volunteer**
>>program..."
>
>For which he tried to volunteer.

No, he "inquired". This is undated, but I recall a source saying this was before
he had even done jet conversion.


>You missed the part about [volunteering] pilots from Bush's unit rotating there?
>
>More importantly, and far more sinister, is how Bush came by the
>inside dope in 1968 that the fix was in for Nixon (a RICH REPUBLICAN!,
>don't forget) to have everything wound up and pulled out BEFORE Bush
>got enough flying hours to be able to [volunteering to] rotate through.
>
>Everybody blames the military loss in Vietnam on Democrats, 

I think the Vietamese like to take the credit for that.


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