Bush flew fighter jets, but never over VIETNAM.

"Fred the Red Shirt" wrote in message
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As you know, he did not volunteer for deployment in Vietnam.
When he enlisted in the ANG he indicated that he did not want
to be stationsed overseas. Later, when he had only a couple of
years left, he did volunteer for a program that could have
deployed him overseas, but not necessarily in Vietnam. He didn't
have enough expience, and the aircraft for which he was qualified
was being phased out so, one does wonder why he did.


Being phased out, but in USAF service until mid 1973.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message ink.net...
"Fred the Red Shirt" wrote in message
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As you know, he did not volunteer for deployment in Vietnam.
When he enlisted in the ANG he indicated that he did not want
to be stationsed overseas. Later, when he had only a couple of
years left, he did volunteer for a program that could have
deployed him overseas, but not necessarily in Vietnam. He didn't
have enough expience, and the aircraft for which he was qualified
was being phased out so, one does wonder why he did.


Being phased out, but in USAF service until mid 1973.

Here we a

http://www.warbirdforum.com/bushf102.htm

Bush recalls that toward the end of his training, he
volunteered for the "Palace Alert" program which sent
F-102 pilots to Europe and Asia for six-month tours.
He was turned down, no doubt because he didn't have
the flying time to qualify for the program. In any event,
he couldn't have been sent to Southeast Asia to take
part in the Vietnam War, at least not to fly a Delta
Dagger: the F-102 detachments in Vietnam and Thailand
were shut down in December 1969, before Bush got his wings.

I note that the source for the story that he volunteered is
Bush himself.

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FF

Bush recalls that toward the end of his training, he
volunteered for the "Palace Alert" program

Contemporary proof, please.

Like this:

http://awolbush.com/images/kerr_bush_nam.gif

In February, 1968 Bush asked not to be sent overseas. What he "recalls"
doesn't amount to a hill of beans.

No one, to my knowledge, has come forward to say they saw Bush after Mid- 1972.

Walt

(WalterM140) wrote in message ...

Bush recalls that toward the end of his training, he
volunteered for the "Palace Alert" program

Contemporary proof, please.

Proof of what, exactly? You miss the point entirely. Even if,
contrary to reason, we accept hsi word that he volunteered for the
Palace Alert program, it is still a lie to claim that he volunteered
for Vietnam somce the Palace Alert program did not send F 102 pilots
to Vietnam.

....
No one, to my knowledge, has come forward to say they saw
Bush after Mid- 1972.


To the contrary, lots of folks claim to have seen Bush after mid-1972.
Most recently (contemporary proof), and most unfortunately, he has
been seen in and around the White House.

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FF

Bush recalls that toward the end of his training, he
volunteered for the "Palace Alert" program

Contemporary proof, please.

Proof of what, exactly? You miss the point entirely.

The -point- is that someone said Bush volunteered for overseas service.

I'd be glad of some proof of that.

Walt

"WalterM140" wrote

The -point- is

The point is, Bush is the President, has been for close to 4 years, and
no one except you gives a **** about what happened when he was 19,
just as we don't care about anyone who is 19, unless they have something
interesting to say about aviation, or an aviation experience. Since you've
never been in the military, and have never been a pilot, crewmember, or
crew chief, I don't see what point you could have that is anywhere close
to being interesting.