I know i am hard on McCain , but in the late 70s when i was aboard the USS Kennedy i was in Aviation Ordnance.
Of course as a safety film they showed the Forestall disaster.
Back then McCain was sort of a nobody in politics.
I know he didn't start the fire ,an F4 had a Zuni missile launch by accident ,and McCain barely escaped with his life.
The problem i have is ,and now you will never read it ,but after the Ordnance on his aircraft went up ,an investigation found that it was pre armed and not pinned ,a problem they said was what was also the case on the F4.
When asked about this ,McCain became irritated and blamed the AO loaders , on the flight Deck.
The AO in charge an E7 ,said they pre arm only the Aircraft to be launched ,before going to the Cats ,and never unpin till on the Cats.
Some hot shot pilots would pull the pins during their pre fight ck. and pre arm only to make sure they had everything ready to go ,and wasn't flight Deck procedure.
No one was saying McCain did it , that isn't what the Navy asked him ,why did he act like he did ? That was the Scuttlebutt on even the Carrier i was on.
An old man here is a Janitor at a school ,his name is Carl.
He was in Damage control that day ,he was burned over 60% of his body and received a Medal.
Ask him about John McCain , Johnny instead of Grieving for his shipmates , went about blaming people who didn't even have anything to do with it ,like Carl ,who didn't move fast enough ,even though the skin was coming off his legs.
Yup , back then ,even with his war time prestige ,The only thing i ever heard attached to his name was ,he didnt support his men ,and he was a suck ass.
Of course as a safety film they showed the Forestall disaster.
Back then McCain was sort of a nobody in politics.
I know he didn't start the fire ,an F4 had a Zuni missile launch by accident ,and McCain barely escaped with his life.
The problem i have is ,and now you will never read it ,but after the Ordnance on his aircraft went up ,an investigation found that it was pre armed and not pinned ,a problem they said was what was also the case on the F4.
When asked about this ,McCain became irritated and blamed the AO loaders , on the flight Deck.
The AO in charge an E7 ,said they pre arm only the Aircraft to be launched ,before going to the Cats ,and never unpin till on the Cats.
Some hot shot pilots would pull the pins during their pre fight ck. and pre arm only to make sure they had everything ready to go ,and wasn't flight Deck procedure.
No one was saying McCain did it , that isn't what the Navy asked him ,why did he act like he did ? That was the Scuttlebutt on even the Carrier i was on.
An old man here is a Janitor at a school ,his name is Carl.
He was in Damage control that day ,he was burned over 60% of his body and received a Medal.
Ask him about John McCain , Johnny instead of Grieving for his shipmates , went about blaming people who didn't even have anything to do with it ,like Carl ,who didn't move fast enough ,even though the skin was coming off his legs.
Yup , back then ,even with his war time prestige ,The only thing i ever heard attached to his name was ,he didnt support his men ,and he was a suck ass.
