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Posted By: David Atkatz

The reason(s) he did not see action, Ted, are that (a) he was AWOL most of the time, and (b) he refused to take a flight physical, thus leading to his grounding (as was his intention).

(Fighter pilots, as a rule, do everything in their power to avoid a medical grounding. Your Dubya did just the opposite.)

And, for what it's worth, I am a qualified and licensed single-engine pilot. No turbine time, though.