Bush- not enuf hours flying for Nam duty
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Bush- not enuf hours flying for Nam duty
| Sat, 08-14-2004 - 10:12pm |
This is from Bush's own book. Can someone prove he ever ASKED for Nam duty?
Didn't someone here on the board tell me recently that Bush had logged sufficient flying hours he didn't need to fly anymore, & that's why you claimed it was OK to skip the physical & quit flying? Gee, couldn't he have taken his physical, kept flying, & gone to Nam???
Didn't someone here on the board tell me recently that Bush had logged sufficient flying hours he didn't need to fly anymore, & that's why you claimed it was OK to skip the physical & quit flying? Gee, couldn't he have taken his physical, kept flying, & gone to Nam???
On page 34 of A Charge to Keep, Mr. Bush claims that, after learning to fly the F-102 fighter jet, he was turned down for Vietnam duty because "had not logged enough flight hours" to qualify for a combat assignment.

<<This is from Bush's own book. Can someone prove he ever ASKED for Nam duty...On page 34 of A Charge to Keep, Mr. Bush claims that, after learning to fly the F-102 fighter jet, he was turned down for Vietnam duty because "had not logged enough flight hours" to qualify for a combat assignment.
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Bush joined a unit that was on duty in Vietnam. He was on full time active duty for a year while he was being trained and expecting to go to Vietnam when that was finished. During that time, his unit was reassigned to it's home base.
Later, the AF was looking for individual pilots to go to Vietnam, not whole units.
Renee ~~~
<<It totally fits with Bush's personality that he would only go to Vietnam if he was guaranteed to be a "top gun." >>
Renee ~~~
http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/04/02/con04073.html
He was turned down for flight duty in VietNam for precisely that reason. He had not logged enough flight time in the new fighter (the F-4 I think....please correct me if I am wrong), which was replacing the F-104 that he flew in the ANG.
I personally think that he did not take the physical because there may have been foreing chemcials found in his blood, but that is 100% pure speculation on my part.
With regards to my speculation, since he is an admitted alcoholic, who has been recovering for several years, I personally do not have a problem with it, but then again, I have dealt with that issue personally as my family has a history of it, so I could have a thicker skin to it.