About 26 years ago on Gulf of Sidra incident where U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats shoot down a pair of Libyan Su-22 FitterB, U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan expressed a yearning to fly an F-14. Did he have such opportunity knowing that he is a pilot during World War 2?
2007-08-01 05:46:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
He was not even allowed to ride along, he was already senile and they were afraid he would not survive such a flight or that he would soil the inside of the plane when his bowels let loose.
Reagan was never a pilot. Where do these myths come from? He was a reservist prior to the war, for the money, starting in 1935. During the war he was an embarkation flunky in San Francisco, then was transfered to a promotional film production unit in L.A.
As for G.H.W.Bush's service, his nickname after being "shot down" was "Ditcher". You can draw your own conclusions. His AWOL son was taught to fly, but never was in line for anything dangerous.
People in the White House who did serve as they should have in the 20th. Century were Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford and Carter.
2007-08-01 05:55:30 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ronald Reagan was NOT a pilot during WWII. He never left Hollywood. After being sworn in, the Army assigned Reagan to the Film Unit service, which was located at the Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, home of the Little Rascals and Laurel & Hardy. He helped make training films for the different military branches. At the time, the studio was referred to as "Fort Roach."
As Casey Stengel would have said, "You can look it up."
2007-08-01 12:54:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No; President Reagan never flew an F14 and certainly never flew one in combat. G.Bush Sr. few in WWII and G.Bush Jr. was taught to fly combat jets in the national guard he served but never flew in combat either.
2007-08-01 12:50:21 · answer #3 · answered by netjr 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ronald Reagan never served in the armed forces. He did public service announcements and was active in raising war bonds but did not serve as a member of the armed forces. Any pictures of him in a uniform would have been a picture of him in one of his movies.
To the 4 hands down votes- This is not a knock on Ronald Reagan it's just the facts.
2007-08-01 12:51:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
No, and he was never in the military. During WWII he did do war bond promos, but he was not a veteren.
2007-08-01 13:02:27 · answer #5 · answered by Tom H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they granted him the priviledge, it was the co-pilot in control of the plane. F-14's are way different than those of the WWII era.
2007-08-01 12:51:36 · answer #6 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Maybe in the movies.
2007-08-01 12:52:43 · answer #7 · answered by ed 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋