Because Bush's unit was transitioned to a training unit in 1970!
The unit George Bush flew for was taken off active fighter-interceptor duty in 1970 and was transitioned to act as a training unit for the ANG.
Bush told C-Span some time ago that the last jet he flew was a T-38 Talon, not the T-33.
The F-102A was already obsolete at that time, in fact, was obsolete years before 1970! George Bush's unit had F-101s coming in to replace the F-102s. Later, the unit also flew F-105s.
Why would George Bush be flying F-102s if it was going to get yanked soon?
Since George Bush's unit was now a training squadron, it makes perfect since why he was flying T-33s (or T-38s). That is the aircraft that the new pilots will train in, and those who would help train wopuld have to keep their proficiency up in that aircraft.
The key points that the main stream media continue to avoid (on purpose) is that the F-102 was obsolete and the trainers (T-33s and T-38s) would have been utilized more and more since, after all, the unit had become a taining squadron.
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Thanks, Also see my post #38.
ADCOM F.I.S. units maitained T-33s' for pilot training and also for use as agressors with chaff and ECM for acting as targets simulating enemy bombers for the Interceptor Pilots to hone their Interception Skills in a realistic environment.
In addition, ADCOM had several versions of the B-57 employed in this role as well.
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