I see no reason to question his courage.
Perhaps he simply didn't have the aptitude to fly the more sophisticated aircraft that were being used.
He didn't exactly set any records for high academic achievement when he he was in school, ya know.
I see no reason to question his courage."
That was my point exactly. That's why I mentioned that he was brave no matter where he served. I feel that way about all troops. But I would still like to point out the courage it takes to decide to take off in an f-102.
As far as his aptitude...It seems that it is pretty dang high. I know some if his grades were like the rest of us...but I recall reading that his test scores were pretty high.
I don't suppose anyone knows of any of those articles....
51 - "Perhaps he simply didn't have the aptitude to fly the more sophisticated aircraft that were being used.
He didn't exactly set any records for high academic achievement when he he was in school, ya know."
You really don't have a clue, do you. The best pilots in the world are Israeli Enlisted Men.
Mainly, in Vietnam, the F102 had no mission, and kept falling out of the sky - it was an old tired plane, designed to INTERCEPT russian prop Bombers, of the 1950's. It was designed to fly up high, and fast. Carried no bombs, only missiles and rockets, and to knock out fleets of Russian bombers with its nuclear missiles.
It was a joke in Vietnam - (one of the many ) sent to protect Saigon against North Vietnamese Bomber attack.
51 - I forgot - the F102 was not designed to do dog fights with MIGS - it just was not that manuverable, and would have been shot down.
"He didn't exactly set any records for high academic achievement when he he was in school, ya know."
But his grades were better that Al Gores, who flunked out of one graduate school and was kicked out of another.
And the Dems said he was the intellectual in the race!