Laughing, because when I flew the VooDoo way up north, the life support troops only packed one of those .22 hornet survival rifles in one of our two survival packs. Hmmmmmm.....
The theory was the guy with the rifle could dispose of the other and eat him! Gasp.
The Cannucks flew from 200 miles north of us at Grand Forks, and went way way up north on our exercises. Dunno what their survival gear was like, but,ours was brutal. We often talked about bailing close to our jet wreckage and using what we could from the wreckage. We both had great down sleeping bags and other stuff, but only one rifle unless we "packed" our own, heh heh. Other biggie was a way to start a fire, so we smokers were in good shape.
Not to diminish the real navigators, but many "system operators" in the back seat were not well trained to actually "navigate". Maybe some folks that flew early Phantoms and other interceptors can comment.
Gums dons flak vest and covers....