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