[VRWCTexan]

After serving 4 years active duty in the USAF I returned to Texas and joined the TANG unit - of which GWB was a new member (147th Fighter Sq - Ellington AFB).

I can say without hesitation that, at that time, there were open slots for pilots such as the one Bush secured. (I was enlisted - E-5) - Also that given the heavy DU political arena in Texas and Houston - a Rep. member of congress, such as Bush Sr, was in no position to pull any heavy strings....

[Boundless]

>> ... preferential treatment the president received as
>> a young man to enter the Texas Air National Guard.

This author obviously didn't read the research done on
this during the campaign. Sinks whatever credibility
the article might have had.

> I can say without hesitation that, at that time, there
> were open slots for pilots such as the one Bush secured.

But not for penguin slots, I hear (non-flying). Signing
up for TANG pilot was not a hide-out, like, say, signing
up for USNR*

Up to about that time, flying that particular jet in
peacetime was more dangerous than being combat infantry
in Vietnam.

* USNR - Did Kerry pull strings to get in?
Was his transfer to Swift boats a mistake on his part?
I suspect he didn't know about Market Time when he
jumped from blue water to what he thought was safe
off-shore PT-109 duty.