Flaja, justme, and Rob........you can believe it if want that Bush was a Fighter Pilot, however I believe the opposite!!! There are several pictures of Bush climbing into the cock pit but no further proof he actually got the plane off the ground!!! Thats my opinion and belief. It has nothing to do with Bashing Bush.
FACTS CHECK
BOGUS BIO: Bush "spent two years on active duty, flying F-102 fighter interceptors."
FACT: He served 18 months on active duty, not 24. Of those, 13 months were spent in basic training and USAF flight school, NONE of it flying F102s.
It’s worth noting that George W. was the only National Guard pilot during the Vietnam War to be commissioned without any officer training whatsoever. He never attended a service academy like West Point, never took college ROTC, never went to Officers Candidate School and never served on active duty as an enlisted man.
So how did Dub-ya learn to be an officer? He didn’t. The only military training Shrub received prior to being commissioned happened during a six-week basic airman course,
the equivalent of Army boot camp for privates. Even more absurd, while his fellow recruits marched, pulled KP and cleaned toilets, Airman Bush was given a week off to work for the GOP in Florida.
Pampered first son receiving gold bars served on a silver platter by his high-powered Congressman daddy. ZERO officer training required -- part of being in the Lone Star Elite. One reason why George Jr. is such an incompetent commander-in-chief, proving the White House is no place for on-the-job leadership training.
Later that year, 1968, when he headed off to fly Air Force trainersat Moody AFB, GA, 2nd Lt. Bush barely knew how to salute, much less lead men. And he didn’t learn the art in flight school, either. His time there was devoted to airmanship, not leadership.
Had Dub-ya earned his commission the old-fashioned way -- by working for it -- he might've finished his Air National Guard commitment honorably. More importantly, America probably wouldn't be quagmired in Iraq.
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