"Pechs1" wrote in message
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Why did GWB join the F-102 guard instead of another type unit, the
USAF or the USN?


For any number of reasons. He didn't want to serve in the military full
time, he wanted to minimize his chances of going to Vietnam, etc.



Why the F-102? Did have some love affair with the mission of flying
intercepts against big targets, letting loose a Genie and goin home?


Probably because the closest ANG unit was operating the F-102.



Did he know that of all the A/C in the ANG and USAF inventory at
the time, the F-102 was the least likely to go to VN?


At the time Bush joined the ANG the F-102 was in service in Vietnam and had
been so for years.