Reply #32: This part VERY SIGNIFICANT!

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"Walls, the Air Force combat veteran, was assigned to the 187th in 1972 and 1973 to train its pilots to fly the F-4 Phantom. Walls and more than a dozen other members of the 187th say they never saw Bush." (my BOLD)
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bush* was qualified ONLY to fly the F-102, a fighter that was obsolete. The F-102 was NOT deployed to combat zones during the time bush* served (sic) in the National Guard. There was NO POSSIBILITY that he would be deployed to Vietnam.

HOWEVER, the F-4 Phantom was deployed front line combat in Vietnam. Had he been qualified to fly the F-4, he could have been sent to Vietnam. This is a very good reason for a coward to not show up.

I know many pilots who served in Vietnam, and many pilots who fly commercially. I am an aviation enthusiast, and have held a civilian commercial license since 1969. To a man (myself included) ALL would have jumped at the chance to train in the F-4!

NONE would have just skipped a medical exam that would have resulted in being grounded.

I can think of NO OTHER REASON OTHER THAN COWARDICE that can explain bush*s behavior.

Will other pilots, civilian and military, please check in on this issue:

Have you ever just skipped a medical exam that resulted in you being grounded?

Have you ever turned down the opportunity to train on more advanced equipment?