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From: msmiller@gonzoville.East.Sun.COM (Mark Miller - OpenWindows Contractor)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Side arms for Fly boys.
Message-ID: <1990Oct16.011025.11432@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 16 Oct 90 01:10:25 GMT
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From: msmiller@gonzoville.East.Sun.COM (Mark Miller - OpenWindows Contractor)
In article <1990Oct15.033827.12908@cbnews.att.com>:
|>From: cbl@uihepa.hep.uiuc.edu (Chris Luchini)
|>I was watching the ABC news last night and noticed that of of the
|>crew members climbing into a f111 (?) had a revolver in a shoulder
|>holster. Are side arms standard issue for Jet-jockies?
|>-chris

Pretty much since folks fought from planes, they've carried pistols
as a side-arm. Not for in-air action, but for if they got shot down.
The selection of a weapon was a personal one, I've read of folks
taking everything from snub-nosed '38's to big ole '44 magnums,
depending on where they feared they might go down and everything
else.

	-MSM
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