Just to show this work all ways.
During Gulf War 1 I was flying 47's for a US airline, the airline had a Civilian Reserve Air Force commitment.
A form letter was sent out asking for volunteers to fly the missions and one of the questions was "Are you a US citizen?". At that time I was not so I answered the question "No, but I would be pleased to help out".
Subsequently I made several flights but I suspect it was not my answer on the form that made a difference - I suspect no one even read the returned forms, they just grabbed the names.
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