"This Was How A Soviet Helicopter Was Stolen" Topic
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| Tango01 | 02 Jan 2020 8:53 p.m. PST |
"Deep in the Sahel, as Muammar Qaddafi's Libya exploited instability in Chad to expand its territory, a daring operation took place to obtain one of the Soviet Union's most advanced attack helicopters. It was a complex plan involving Chadian rebel groups as well as French and American soldiers and spies, but it worked. A Libyan Mi-24 Hind had been abandoned in a forward base not far from the frontier between Libya and Chad that had now been secured by Western-backed Chadian rebels. Though the helicopter was now in friendly hands, it was going to be a challenge to remove it from dangerous territory so close to the threat of Libyan fighter jets…"
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 Legion 4   | 03 Jan 2020 7:36 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 03 Jan 2020 1:02 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my good friend!. (smile)
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| 14Bore | 04 Jan 2020 7:12 a.m. PST |
By hook or crook getting foreign equipment is a good find. |
| Tango01 | 04 Jan 2020 12:08 p.m. PST |
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