Reply #89: I saw a post elsewhere, while trolling the 'Latest' page. [View All]

[Philostopher]

I think it's the same issue you're referring to. Apparently, the problem isn't so much that he claimed Air Force active duty -- which perhaps he legitimately could, if he'd only claimed the traditional (at that point) six weeks at Lackland.

He was trying to claim all his pilot training at the guard base was also active duty, which it certainly was not, at least according to the rules of the Air National Guard at that time. If he'd been serving active duty other than the traditional time in basic training, he'd have been sent to Vietnam, of course -- active duty pilots all had to go.