[M Kehoe]

Good post. Not mentioned in the article was the destruction of the computers hard drives.

And yes, the Chicoms did get valuable info, but the crew lives to fly another day. Much more expensive training a crew that a P-3 Orion costs.

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[M Kehoe]

that=than

Sheesh.

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[Al Gator]

Actually, the Very Queer One has a different set of circumstances. Equipment first, crew second.

The enemy should NEVER get the gear, even if it costs some crew.

I don’t know when that changed. But it looks like it did.

Its a hard fact in that outfit. And in the past, and in one famous case, it cost the whole crew.

His first priority was to ditch the plane at sea. If he lost some crew, it would be a tragedy, but that’s the mission.

Failing that, he had other options that he did not take.

The chicoms should never, ever have gotten into that plane