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HOW I WAS ARRESTED ON THE WAY TO THE 1991 GULF WAR BECAUSE I HAD A GUN

HOW I WAS ARRESTED ON THE WAY TO THE 1991 GULF WAR BECAUSE I HAD A GUN Air Facts Journal A Gulf War deployment was supposed to be routine for F-4G Wild Weasel pilot Thomas "GummiBear" Gummo. Instead, an attempt to safely store a personal firearm landed him in trouble with base security—and delayed his journey to a "secret" base in Bahrain.

HOW I WAS ARRESTED ON THE WAY TO THE 1991 GULF WAR BECAUSE I HAD A GUN

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HOW I WAS ARRESTED ON THE WAY TO THE 1991 GULF WAR BECAUSE I HAD A GUN Air Facts Journal A Gulf War deployment was supposed to be routine for F-4G Wild Weasel pilot Thomas "GummiBear" Gummo.

Instead, an attempt to safely store a personal firearm landed him in trouble with base security—and delayed his journey to a "secret" base in Bahrain.

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HOW I WAS ARRESTED ON THE WAY TO THE 1991 GULF WAR BECAUSE I HAD A GUN Air Facts Journal A Gulf War deployment was supposed to be routine for F-4G Wild Weasel pilot Thomas "GummiBear" Gummo. Instead, an attempt to safely store a personal firearm landed him in trouble with base security—and delayed his journey to a "secret" base in Bahrain.

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