The unauthorized scrap metal modification resulted in top brass pitting protocols and policies over success. The gun cameras aboard the B7 recorded a drastic improvement in accuracy, reducing rounds per kill from 2800 to less than 200. Despite one top brass member wanting to go by the textbook to implement the modification across all his planes, another countered that the timeline was too dangerous for his personnel. Innovation won the day - and the air battles thereafter…
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