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Brits may have to use Hertz Rent-A-Copter - Let us put you in the pilot's seat
Forces may have to rent helicopters British forces are so short of helicopters in Afghanistan and Iraq that they are considering renting them from other countries, or even from the controversial US security contractor Blackwater.As a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's Helmand province claimed the life of another UK paratrooper, The Independent has learnt that the Ministry of Defence will hold a crisis meeting at 5pm today to discuss leasing helicopters from former Warsaw Pact countries as well as commercial companies. Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2008-07-31 |
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