Bush AWOL Story - New theory comes to light

"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message
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"David Hartung" wrote in message
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"BUFDRVR" wrote in message
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...and if he had, it would be in his records (which have already been
released), clearly and unequivocally.

Since it is not, it's hogwash.

Why would an ANG unit, in the old Air Defense Command, have a SIOP
comitment?

I think the storys hogwash from that agle.

The Deuce had the capability to carry a nuclear tipped missile (AIM 27,
I
believe), and if President Bush's Unit was tasked with this weapon, then
the
President would have had to be on PRP. Personally, I believe that AIM
27s
had long since been withdrawn from service.

AIM-26A. The conventionally armed AIM-26B was manufactured by the Swedes
as
the Rb-27, which is where you might have gotten the 27 from. From what I
have read, the last nuclear versions left operational service in 1971.
Given
that Bush's unit was transitioning to an aircrew training role at the
time,
it would have been highly unlikely for them to have had any nuclear
rounds.

The ANG didn't get to store nukes even if they were nuke qualified. To get
to nuke qualified required a considerable amount of additional effort,
including a security clearance required to even be on the flightline.