Ah yes, the joys of fatherhood welcome you, Ben. Now we need a scene where Opa Louis(also his former commander in chief) comes to visit his latest grandson.
Sendung mit der Maus, huh?“Still, getting beat by a show with an animated mouse and elephant?”
Yes probably it fits the timeframe...Sendung mit der Maus
Randy Cunningham is about to hand the Argentines and the Germans a coup.What part of this being a covert operation didn’t he understand? Publicity was the exact opposite of that and if the Germans learned of this and saw it as an advantage to out him as an American pilot, then it would jeopardize this entire operation.
“Fuck them” Reinaldo muttered to himself as he reached for the hot sauce that helped make the powdered eggs somewhat palatable.
Those "Weekend Warriors" were armed with a weapons system the likes of which no one had seen before. The F-W FD 121 isn't capable of BVR and the pilots of JG1 operate with a different set of tactics because of that. There is also the amount of combat experience, considering which units would have more veteran pilots left over from Korea. So, things are about to get interesting.But I have my doubts as the Chilean Air Force seemed to have had problems with "Weekend Warriors".
Though mind you, Germany could use the threat of going public. State that they'll keep it under wraps, but in return the US has to pull all its support from Chile and get them to quit this war.It is in the both interests of the United States and Germany not to get in a direct conflict with each other and I doubt that Germany will go public with the knowledge that USN pilots are flying combat missions with phoney IDs and credentials.
It is most likely that the American press is going to break the story and that is going to cause major problems for the Rockefeller Administration.
Germany will buy any plausible B.S. story that the Americans come up with like yes the USN sent pilots to Chile but only as instructors and trainers.
No they did not have any orders to fly combat missions in fact they were directly ordered not to engage in combat.
It seems that President Allende offered bounties to American pilots and gave them the phoney IDs and credentials.
What is the F-W FD 121 based on?
It is in the both interests of the United States and Germany not to get in a direct conflict with each other and I doubt that Germany will go public with the knowledge that USN pilots are flying combat missions with phoney IDs and credentials.
It is most likely that the American press is going to break the story and that is going to cause major problems for the Rockefeller Administration.
Germany will buy any plausible B.S. story that the Americans come up with like yes the USN sent pilots to Chile but only as instructors and trainers.
No they did not have any orders to fly combat missions in fact they were directly ordered not to engage in combat.
It seems that President Allende offered bounties to American pilots and gave them the phoney IDs and credentials.
It is in the both interests of the United States and Germany not to get in a direct conflict with each other and I doubt that Germany will go public with the knowledge that USN pilots are flying combat missions with phoney IDs and credentials.
It is most likely that the American press is going to break the story and that is going to cause major problems for the Rockefeller Administration.
Germany will buy any plausible B.S. story that the Americans come up with like yes the USN sent pilots to Chile but only as instructors and trainers.
No they did not have any orders to fly combat missions in fact they were directly ordered not to engage in combat.
It seems that President Allende offered bounties to American pilots and gave them the phoney IDs and credentials.
Considering Reinaldo/Randy's reaction to being told to pull his head in and keep a low profile, I see him going "Fuck it. I want the goddamn medal" and go for it. If so, and if it is discovered he is actually an American (US), I can also see the US government PNG-ing him, disavowing his actions and presenting proof that he did this against orders. Proof that admits that he was there as an instructor, that he was ordered home just after the war began for a new posting, that he ignored those orders and went AWOL, that he is now considered to be a deserter and that, if the Argentinians manage to capture him, the US would be interested in extraditing him to stand trial for such.It's probably a situation like Vietnam in OTL. It was known that there were Russian trainers and advisors assisting the North Vietnamese airforce leading to rumors of Russian pilots flying combat missions but no proof and no one, including the US, was talking about it very much or investigating even post-war. It was in no ones interest to probe too deeply.
I don't remember if Adm. Byrd is around now but if he was, that would mean the Navy would have the lead on an Antarctic or Arctic base that would need to have a person of a certain rank to handle staff duties like counting items in the property book and making sure that outlying stations had their property books checked.Randy Cunningham is about to hand the Argentines and the Germans a coup.
The CIA could ask a favour of SIS though if that looks possible.
Do the Royal Navy have a listening Station on the South Sandwich Islands?
If so, maybe Mr Cunningham would be the ideal person to become the first permanent Inter-service exchange representative from the CIA to SIS?
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Of course, he'd be due a promotion for taking such an obviously prestigious post...