On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 1822 -0500, George Z. Bush wrote:

> I believe that, at one point in his career, he volunteered to fly F-102s in Viet
> Nam (since there was a need for F-102 pilots for reconnaissance duty at the
> time). His offer was rejected for lack of experience, since he apparently had
> less than 300 hours of the required 500 hour minimum in that airplane at the
> time). He apparently never got to 500 hours or, if even he did, he didn't
> bother to renew his volunteer statement.

The Palace Alert program ended. He didn't have another chance.

-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com