Gotta love the comradery with Navy Pilots.

My Uncle was a Navy light attack pilot and was flying the A-7 Corsair II the time McCain got shot down in his A-4. I asked my Uncle if he knew McCain (he did) and what he thought of his piloting skills and/or what he did wrong to get shot down.

My uncle's reply:

"Good Navy pilots do NOT get shot down."

I laughed my ass off.

PS. My uncle made over 1,000 traps and several hundred combat sorites and never ditched his plane or got shot down. smile

True story: McCain took a Navy Jet to go fly off and screw his mistress as he was cheating on his wife. He ran out of fuel on his trip and had to ditch/crash his jet.

Since his Dad was an Admiral, and no fvcking way was the Admiral's kid gonna take the fall for dumping a Navy Plane going on a nooky run while cheating on his wife, the Navy chalked it up as an "engine failure".

McCain used to tell everyone and anyone who would listen to him that he WAS going to be President some day. So close.....kinda.
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T.K. Paker