He was only still in the Navy at all because of the influence of his father and grandfather who were both admirals.
He had a part in the fire on the Forestall that almost got George Bush killed.
Darn!
That could've been a two'fer!
You’ll probably get push back on that, and somewhat deservedly so. None the less, I will have to admit that I have never bought the official story, and McCain being the irresponsible show-off he was, I don’t eliminate his possible involvement in the cause of the events that day.
It’s something I’ll never have an answer for.
I believe the Forrestal Fire incident has now been debunked and that incident was not his fault.
Otherwise he was a lousy pilot and a squad leader.
He had a part in the fire on the Forestall that almost got George Bush killed.
Yes, yes was inside the Forestal’s fire - his plane did (eventually) explode due to that fire and kill others on the flight deck. It is not clear if his plane was the one that actually fired off the first rocket that started the blaze.
George W Bush was an Air Force supersonic high-altitude, very high speed intercepter fighter pilot during the Vietnam war, and his kind of airplane (F-102/F-106) was NOT assigned to the ground attack and Mig defenses needed over there.
Bush I was a decorated USN pilot, but way back in WWII.
He was one of the pilots involved in the Forrestal fire, but to be fair, he was more of a victim than a cause. If I remember, a missile cooked off his plane and struck another aircraft. He jumped from his plane into the middle of the fire.
Not that that diminishes the damage he’s done as a senator.