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From another thread, in the letter by Col Wambaugh:

Contributing to the Air National Guard's Air Defense mission, Lt. Bush flew hundreds of hours in the F-102 -- the world's first supersonic all-weather jet interceptor aircraft; he served his country protecting the United States.

Another question, excuse me for not understanding Air Force lingo. Does "flew" hundreds of hours mean maybe one hundred filghts, or would you factor in all the pre- and post-flight time.

I am trying to nail down a rough idea of how many times Bush actually got into the cockpit of the dangerous F-102. I am so screaminlgly sick of the military-hating left trying to portray him as a shirker.

My (ex) brother-in-law flew C-130s and hours ticked by on each flight. So he racked up "hundreds" fairly quickly.

Have to go out now, but will check back in a few hours. Thanks again.

I am so screaminlgly sick of the military-hating left trying to portray him as a shirker.

I've read that while it was not easy to get into the ANG in 1968 as an enlisted man, it was easy to get in if you went in to be an officer. Don't know whether that's true.

So no special string-pulling would've been needed.

Plus when Bush went in, they USAF ws flying F-102s in Viet Nam.

Does "flew" hundreds of hours mean maybe one hundred filghts, or would you factor in all the pre- and post-flight time.

You only log the *flight* hours. Not the ground pre/post flight activities. A rough estimate might be 3 ground hours per flight hour, just for the flight activities. That wouldn't count all the other "military" stuff an officer, even an LT, has to do.