Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Is there anything real about this guy?
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The Air Force Historical Research Service Organization confirmed that the 147th Fighter Intercept Group and the 111th Fighter Intercept Squadron received an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for the time period of 1965-1966, two years before Bush joined the service.
The Air Force also said both units received the Outstanding Unit Award in 1975. Bush was discharged from his Texas Guard unit on Oct. 1, 1973.
Between these dates, the Air Force said Wednesday, there are “no additional awards.”
More importantly, however, the above photograph had to have been taken some time between his qualifying as a pilot–since he is wearing his pilots’ wings–on November 26, 1969 and his promotion to First Lieutenant on November 7, 1970, since he is listed as a Second Lieutenant (see photograph below). He couldn’t have served with the unit during the time it was awarded.
Bush earned his pilots’ wings on Nov. 29, 1969, according to his White House military biography.
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