The Indian Air Force has a problem. So many of its pilots want
to quit the service, it would face a serious manpower shortage --
and national security would be compromised -- if they all had their
wish.
It was supposed to have only been a demonstration -- part of
Saturday's Vertical Challenge Helicopter Air Show at the San Carlos
Airport in California. But reality intervened... and US Coast Guard
Lieutenant Che Barnes had to call the air boss and say, "...we're
going to be running late."
With a neighbor like China, occasionally rumbling like a grouchy
volcano in a fitful sleep... it's no wonder the island country of
Taiwan is interested in bulking up its military.
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