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To: Darksheare

About 20% of the F-102's crashed from "routine operations" in peacetime...

More F-102/106's were lost than Swift boats.

Overall, roughly 1 in 4 single-engine fighter jet ejection seats were used FOR REAL as the pilot either ejected, was wounded, or was killed in crashes.


80 posted on 08/24/2004 4:46:37 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Kerry's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!))
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

And the left says it was a popcorn and pretzels job..
*snort*


132 posted on 08/24/2004 7:51:23 PM PDT by Darksheare (Who are all these mimes, why are they in the woods, and did you know they taste like chicken?)
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