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From: budden@trout.nosc.mil (Rex A. Buddenberg)
Subject: Re: Side Arms For Fly Boys.
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 90 20:21:55 GMT
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From: budden@trout.nosc.mil (Rex A. Buddenberg)

Coast Guard helo pilots don't like weapons in the machine at all.
But when forced, they could find .38 revolvers in the armory.
Up until a few years ago, the standard sidearm was, of course, the
.45 automatic.  Now it's the 9mm automatic.  Problem with automatics
is they eject spent shells, also known as FOD.  Not too cool to get
them sucked up into the rotor/engine intakes.  So I'm guessing the
revolvers are still there.

Rex Buddenberg