Posted on 09/07/2004 4:46:21 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
AP: Lawsuit Gets Bush Guard Papers Out
2 minutes ago
By MATT KELLEY, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) was ranked in the middle of his Air National Guard class and flew more than 336 hours in a fighter jet before letting his pilot status lapse and missing a key readiness drill, according to his flight records belatedly uncovered Tuesday under the Freedom of Information Act.
The Pentagon (news - web sites) and Bush's campaign have claimed for months that all records detailing his fighter pilot career have been made public, but defense officials said they found two dozen new records detailing his training and flight logs after The Associated Press filed a lawsuit and crafted new requests under the public records law.
"Previous requests from other requesters for President Bush's Individual Flight Records did not lead to the discovery of these records because at the time President Bush left the service, flight records were subject to retention for only 24 months and we understood that neither the Air Force nor the Texas Air National Guard retained such records thereafter," the Pentagon told the AP.
"Out of an abundance of caution," the government "searched a file that had been preserved in spite of this policy" and found the Bush records, the letter said. "The Department of Defense (news - web sites) regrets this oversight during the previous search efforts."
The records show Bush, a lieutenant in the Texas Air National Guard, was ranked No. 22 in a class of 53 pilots when he finished his flight training at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia in 1969.
Over the next three years, he logged 326.4 hours as a pilot and an additional 9.9 hours as a co-pilot, mostly in his the F-102a jet used to intercept
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AP, huh?
When the Defense Dept. found them, did they "boo"?
Gonna have Kerry's medical records soon, boys and girls? How's that coming?
Dan
Whatever...
When will Kerry do the courtesy of following Bush's example and sign form 180?
Great job AP! Now are you also suing to get Kerry's records?
Bush served in Alabama. Case closed.
that was my thought too...
So this just tells us that Bush was a good pilot but not great... Im voting for Kerry now < /sarcasm>
Dumbasses.
and the AP will file a lawsuit for kerry's records when????
So why hasn't the AP sued to get Kerry's military records?
Okay so there you have it.
HOW LONG IS THE A-SOCIALIST PRESS IS GOING TO BEAT THIS DEAD HORSE???
And this is more important than skerry's 1971 Senate Testimony....Why?
And speaking of "missing time"...
*cough*draft dodge*cough*
What they fail to point out is that there were no F-102's for George W. Bush to fly when he was in Alabama, so how could he pass his readiness test.
How terrible! LOL
Hello!!!!!
Tomorrow's MSM story -
PENTAGON, RUMSFELD CAUGHT COVERING UP BUSH NATIONAL GUARD RECORDS
Bush appears to be very forthright with his records -- in fact, look at his reaction in October 200 when confronted with the revelation of his old DUI. He admitted it. He described the circumstances. He said he wasn't proud of it, but there it was.
He didn't impugn the accuser, nor did he stonewall or deny.
Wake me up when AP sues to get Kerry's records... let me set my alarm clock for Nov. 2nd so I don't miss voting for Bush... then I can come home and go back to sleep, waiting for AP to sue to get Kerry's records...
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