British Defense Minister Lord Drayson unveiled the first of six
new Merlin Helicopters Thursday acquired from Denmark, on a visit
to RAF Benson. The Minister also announced the establishment of a
new RAF Merlin Squadron -- 78 Squadron -- to be based at
Benson.
Embattled Firm's Helo Picks Up Wounded Polish Ambassador
Accused of cowboy tactics in Iraq and Afghanistan, the subject
of Congressional hearings and the most despised private US security
firm operating in American theaters of operations, Blackwater USA
demonstrated Wednesday that even under fire, it can still get it
right.
If you had just moments to live, what would you do? What would
you say?
It's the latter question that haunts both NTSB investigators
probing the crash of a Blackwater USA CASA C-212 in Afghanistan,
and Congressional investigators looking into accusations that the
private North Carolina firm is a renegade operation in both Iraq
and Afghanistan.
Tests of a proposed US missile defense system -- which to date,
pardon the pun, have been somewhat hit-or-miss -- are about to
become a lot more difficult.
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