Did George W Bush serve in Vietnam?

[BrickHouse88]

George W Bush was in the Air National Guard while the war was happening. He was a first lieutenant.

Does anyone know though if he went to Vietnam?

 

[Auld Phart]

No, he didn't.


Just like thousands of other servicemen and women didn't during that time period.

 

[rightwinger]

Bush defended the State of Texas
No Vietnamese made it through

 

[Moonglow]

I had a stepdad in the air national guard during Nam and he was never sent to Nam.

 

[aaronleland]

Bush defended the State of Texas
No Vietnamese made it through

He did his job well.

 

[hjmick]

George W Bush was in the Air National Guard while the war was happening. He was a first lieutenant.

Does anyone know though if he went to Vietnam?

Do you know how easy this would have been for you to look up yourself?

That's something of a rhetorical question, because the answer is one of three...

One: You didn't which means you're incredibly stupid

Two: You did, but asked in your first post because you're incredibly lazy.

Three: You knew the answer before you asked and think you're being cute, which makes you a troll.

 

[aaronleland]

Do you know how easy this would have been for you to look up yourself?

That's something of a rhetorical question, because the answer is one of three...

One: You didn't which means you're incredibly stupid

Two: You did, but asked in your first post because you're incredibly lazy.

Three: You knew the answer before you asked and think you're being cute, which makes you a troll.

Maybe his Google is broken.

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

I can't believe they actually let him fly fighters.

That guy is a fuckin idiot.

 

[Grumblenuts]

Mighty-mighty, just lettin' it all hang out!

 

[Moonglow]

I can't believe they actually let him fly fighters.

That guy is a fuckin idiot.

Just goes to prove that you can train an ape to do anything a human can do.

 

[airplanemechanic]

How many days did Clinton serve?

How many days did Obama serve?

How many days did Biden serve?

Add those numbers up and talk to me about it later.

 

[BrickHouse88]

Do you know how easy this would have been for you to look up yourself?

That's something of a rhetorical question, because the answer is one of three...

One: You didn't which means you're incredibly stupid

Two: You did, but asked in your first post because you're incredibly lazy.

Three: You knew the answer before you asked and think you're being cute, which makes you a troll.

I was trying to be cute.

 

[Baron Von Murderpaws]

Bush only "served", to serve his private agenda of entering politics.
He was a "party boy" like Trudump. He didn't DO anything to serve anyone but himself and his own private agendas.

 

[airplanemechanic]

Bush only "served", to serve his private agenda of entering politics.
He was a "party boy" like Trudump. He didn't DO anything to serve anyone but himself and his own private agendas.

And did Clinton not do the same? Was clinton a fighter pilot? Obama? Bidumb?

 

[Polishprince]

George W Bush was in the Air National Guard while the war was happening. He was a first lieutenant.

Does anyone know though if he went to Vietnam?

Bush volunteered for duty in Vietnam, but they didn't want less experience pilots working missions by the time he put his request in.

 

[daveman]

The people in this thread calling Bush dumb have never flown supersonic fighters, and likely have trouble with 5-speed transmissions.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

The people in this thread calling Bush dumb have never flown supersonic fighters, and likely have trouble with 5-speed transmissions.

The aircraft Bush flew was the most dangerous one to fly in service at the time yet he put in more hours then required flying it.

 

[rightwinger]

Bush volunteered for duty in Vietnam, but they didn't want less experience pilots working missions by the time he put his request in.

Actually, Bush certified as a pilot of an obsolete airframe
An airframe not suitable for Vietnam but fine for National Guard use

 

[daveman]

The aircraft Bush flew was the most dangerous one to fly in service at the time yet he put in more hours then required flying it.

"According to the Air Force Safety Center, the lifetime Class A accident rate for the F-102 was 13.69 mishaps per 100,000 flight hours..."

Dangerous to fly indeed.

 

[daveman]

Actually, Bush certified as a pilot of an obsolete airframe
An airframe not suitable for Vietnam but fine for National Guard use

You were lied to. And you lack the wit to question the lies.

F-102 in Vietnam

The Air National Guard has often been ridiculed as a safe place for military duty during the Vietnam War. However, pilots from the 147th Fighter Interceptor Group, as it was called at the time, were actually conducting combat missions in Vietnam when Bush enlisted. Air Force F-102 squadrons had been stationed in Thailand since 1961 and South Vietnam since March 1962. It was during this time that the Kennedy administration began building up a large US military presence in the region as a deterrent against North Vietnamese invasion.

USAF F-102 squadrons continued to be stationed in both nations throughout most of the Vietnam War. The Delta Dagger was based at Tan Son Nhut, Bien Hoa, and Da Nang in South Vietnam and also stood alert at Don Muang and Udorn in Thailand. The planes were typically used for fighter defense patrols and as escorts for B-52 bomber raids. The F-102 was considered one of the most useful air defense aircraft in theater because it had the fastest response time of any fighter stationed in South Vietnam.

Since North Vietnamese pilots generally avoided combat with their American counterparts, the F-102 had few opportunities to engage in its primary role of air combat. However, the Deuce was adapted for close air support starting in 1965. Delta Daggers armed with unguided rockets made attacks on Viet Cong encampments to harass enemy soldiers, and the aircraft's heat-seeking air-to-air missiles were even used to lock onto enemy campfires at night. Though the F-102 had not been designed for this type of combat, the plane was surprisingly effective and pilots often reported secondary explosions coming from their targets. An Aviation Week article of the period credited the 509th FIS, an F-102 squadron stationed in Vietnam, with destroying 106 buildings, damaging 59 more, sinking 16 sampans, and destroying one bridge during 199 sorties over the course of 45 days. The manufacturer Convair proposed a series of upgrades to build upon these promising results and further improve the design's ground attack capabilities, but the concept was dropped due to Air Force funding constraints.

These close air support missions were also quite dangerous since they required low-level flight over armed ground troops. A total of 15 F-102 fighters were lost in Vietnam. Three were shot down by anti-aircraft or small arms fire, one was lost in air-to-air combat with a MiG-21, four were destroyed on the ground during Viet Cong mortar attacks, and the remainder succumbed to accidents.