these Associated Press articles would have been published regardless of whether he denounced the SBVT or not. Wasn't it the AP who initiated the Freedom of Information Act inquiry that resulted in the release of the new info?
I looked at the article you linked to and found another one on the same topic, also released by Associated Press, which includes description of bush's actual flying frequency and ability.
Bush Piloted Guard Trainers Before He Quit http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040910/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_guard_flights&cid=544&ncid=71614 minutes ago
By MATT KELLEY, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - George W. Bush began flying a two-seat training jet more frequently and twice required multiple attempts to land a one-seat fighter in the weeks just before he quit flying for the Texas Air National Guard in 1972, his pilot logs show.
The logs show Bush flew nine times in T-33 trainers in February and March 1972, including eight times in one week and four of those only as a co-pilot. Bush, then a first lieutenant, flew in T-33s only twice in the previous six months and three times in the year ending July 31, 1971.
The records also show Bush required two passes to land an F-102A fighter on March 12 and April 10, 1972. His last flight as an Air National Guard pilot was on April 16.
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