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One of my secondary duties was oversight of our Global Survival Kits
carried in our F102s. Since we sometimes crossed the northern US border (even in winter - brrrr!) the contents had to meet some stringent requirements. One of the pilots said all he needed was a dime for a phone call. (Long time back!) I laughed and replied 'And if you break a leg on landing in your chute at night?' Lots of empty territory up there in the Northern spaces. We had the M6 - ISTR along with a 50-round pack of 22 Hornet and a dozen 410 shells. The M6 wasn't as fancy as the LW gun but a) it worked well and b) the USAF needed a LOT of them, roughly one per crew position, at a guess around 10,000. And it didn't weigh a dozen pounds as most drillings did (do). Walt BJ |
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