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To: rich4eagle who wrote (237006)	3/12/2002 6:47:50 PM
From: joseph krinsky	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I read that too, but the point was whether or not they served. They did. LOL. Here's another one: Vietnam War The Vietnam War once again found the Air National Guard deployed to Southeast Asia. Guard units from Denver, Sioux City, Albuquerque, and Niagara Falls flying F-100 aircraft flew 24,124 sorties and 38,614 combat hours in the theater.12 Unlike previous Guard actions which served to highlight shortfalls in training and equipment, Vietnam demonstrated the growing capabilities embedded in this militia force. Gen George S. Brown testifying before the US Senate stated “those [Guard] were the best F-100 squadrons in the field. The aircrews were a little older, but they were more experienced, and the maintenance people were also more experienced than regular units.”13 While it is shortsighted to define the role of the Air Guard in the Vietnam War with this one quote, it is important to note that this was perhaps the first time senior Air force leadership had publicly recognized Guard fighters as being on par or better than their active duty counterparts. The Vietnam War proved that a well-trained militia force, flying modern aircraft, could perform just as well as the active duty force. What is interesting to note is that another Air Force general echoed these same sentiments almost 17 years later in Southwest Asia. google.com