"Jack" wrote in message
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LOL.... well my friend, that was a rather lengthy diatribe that said
very little and proved nothing concerning the point of the original
comment. To set the record straight, the real threat of airborne
invasion during the cold war was always from the north, thus NORAD.


The "North" of NORAD refers to the continent of North America, not to the
direction from which an attack may come.



Trying to make a couple of aircraft in Cuba sound like a viable threat
is really grasping for straws. However, in the extremely unlikely
event of a couple Cuban aircraft 'invading' the U.S.... Southern
Command and interceptor units out of Florida would have been tasked,
not some champaign unit in Texas.


Southern Command is responsible for Central and South America. Texas and
Florida are in North America.

By the way, you'll find most airbases, regular, Guard, and Reserve, built on
level open country. Makes for easier runway construction.



Scoring the lowest possible passing score, 25%, on his pilots aptitude
test, then leap frogging in front of 500 other qualified applicants
who applied for slots before he did wasn't simply a 'stroke of luck'
for George W. Bush!


There were 500 other qualified applicants for pilot slots in the 111th FIS
at that time? What hard evidence do you have of that?