But then by the same token, GWB should be given full credit for flying the dangerous F-102 "widow maker" supersonic interceptor in the other war going on, the "Cold War." Plenty of F-102 pilots died, just flying that jet. Anybody who flew interceptors in the USAF in that era knows you didn't have to fly over Viet Nam to risk your life. I think something like 20% of all the F-102s ever built....crashed. With a lot of pilots in them.