Citizens for Honest Fighter Pilots - Anyone in Lt Bush's Moody AFB UPT Class

[Roger Helbig]

Like it ... now all we need is a fat cat $100K donor like the Swift Boat =
Liars have! I still wonder how many of the members of Lt Bush's =
Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) class that graduated in November 1969 =
served in, were shot down over, captured in or killed in Vietnam! If =
there was even one, then the Citizens for Honest Fighter Pilots would =
score a major coup!

Roger Helbig


http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/04/08/con04329.html
Citizens For Honest Fighter Pilots Call On Bush To Explain His Military =
Record
A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION
by Evelyn Pringle=20

Questions about Bush's military service would likely be history if not =
for the new attacks on Kerry's war record by the latest Republican hit =
squad of "Truthful Vets." But, by the way it looks now, we will be =
comparing the military records of the candidates right up to election =
day.=20

Therefore, my newly formed group, "Citizens For Honest Fighter Pilots," =
hereby calls on Bush to explain his whereabouts and activities for the =
period of time he was AWOL, and for him to repay the quarter of a =
million tax dollars wasted on his fighter pilot training.

As a member of "Citizens for Honest Fighter Pilots," I want to remind =
voters that while Kerry was in Vietnam, doing whatever it was that the =
"Truthful Vets" imply he was doing over there, Bush was an AWOL, =
suspended fighter pilot, roaming around somewhere in between Alabama and =
Texas.

Nobody seems to know which State of the Union Bush was in or what shape =
he was in. Also, not one of the 700 members at the Alabama unit where he =
claims he served, remembers serving with him.

As for Kerry's whereabouts, we at least have him pinned down to a =
certain river in a jungle in Vietnam, and according to "Truthful Vets," =
he was in pretty good shape. Everyone remembers seeing him there, too.

Bush's records on the other hand, contain no explanation for his bizarre =
behavior during the last 18 months he was in the Guard, when he failed =
to show up for a yearly physical, got suspended from flying, and went =
for five months without attending a single drill.=20

While Bush swears he attended drills in Alabama, nobody has produced a =
single record to document his attendance.

Kerry is definitely the smartest of the two candidates, because, =
according to the "Truthful Vets," he somehow conned the military into =
awarding him five medals for bravery. And despite being in the swamps of =
Vietnam, Kerry's records show exactly where he was on any given date.

Somehow I don't think Kerry volunteered to go to Vietnam because he =
heard it was a fun place to party. He went and served in that hell-hole =
at a time when other young men looked for every way on earth not to. =
That fact alone makes John Kerry a war hero.

Evelyn Pringle
Miamisburg, OH

[Orval Fairbairn]

In article <411bff0c@hughey>, "Roger Helbig" >
wrote:

(snip)

Roger: I hate to break this to you, but there AIN'T no such thing as an
"honest fighter pilot." :>)

[B2431]

>From: Orval Fairbairn
>Date: 8/12/2004 9:57 PM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id:
>
>
>In article <411bff0c@hughey>, "Roger Helbig" >
>wrote:
>
>(snip)
>
>Roger: I hate to break this to you, but there AIN'T no such thing as an
>"honest fighter pilot." :>)

Sure there is, just ask any fighter pilot <g>

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Leadfoot]

"Orval Fairbairn" > wrote in message
...
> In article <411bff0c@hughey>, "Roger Helbig" >
> wrote:
>
> (snip)
>
> Roger: I hate to break this to you, but there AIN'T no such thing as an
> "honest fighter pilot." :>)

Sssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Don't confuse the voters with facts

[Ed Rasimus]

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 02:57:47 GMT, Orval Fairbairn
> wrote:

>In article <411bff0c@hughey>, "Roger Helbig" >
>wrote:
>
>(snip)
>
>Roger: I hate to break this to you, but there AIN'T no such thing as an
>"honest fighter pilot." :>)

Sorry, but while there may be no such thing as a HUMBLE fighter pilot,
there are an awful lot of honest ones.

I recall a night of foolishness while I was in pilot training in which
a 2/Lt student had the gall to suggest that a story just recounted by
an F-86 Korean war pilot was "bull-****."

The major leaned over to the student (and the rest of us at the table)
and told him that while we were squires learning a profession or maybe
akin to pledges in a very sacred fraternity. That we would hear many
stories and some would be incredible, challenging belief, but, he
continued, they were true because we don't lie to each other.

I remembered that lesson for my entire 23 year career and quoted that
major in my retirement remarks when I left the service.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
"Phantom Flights, Bangkok Nights"
Both from Smithsonian Books
***www.thunderchief.org

[Chad Irby]

In article <411bff0c@hughey>, "Roger Helbig" >
wrote:

> Like it ... now all we need is a fat cat $100K donor like the Swift Boat
> Liars have!

You've already got a couple of dozen, including George Soros.

--
cirby at cfl.rr.com

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