Aangezien er vrij weinig in de Nederlandse pers over te lezen is maar een artikel uit een internationale bron.
EU's Chad Force Battles Sand, Heat and Rains at Darfur Border
By Raymond Frenken (c) 2008
GOZ BEIDA, Chad (EUX.TV) -- At the end of his two-day visit to the European Union’s military forces here in the east of Chad, close to Darfur, the union’s foreign policy chief Javier Solana himself experiences directly what it’s like to work in the land-locked heart of Africa.
His French TransAll C-160 military transport plane is grounded only minutes before the scheduled take-off to Chad’s capital N’Djamena. As Solana walks towards the plane, red hydraulic liquid begins pouring forcefully from a under a flap on the starboard wing. It’s instantly evident that Solana’s return, and ours, is going to be delayed. The engines are shut down, and darkness sets in at the unlit airstrip.
That’s not deterring the European forces here. For a top-level V.I.P. like Solana, the French dispatch a second TransAll. When it shows up in the star-lit sky two hours later, Irish rangers light up fuel barrels along the dusty airstrip, allowing the plane to make what the military likes to call a ‘tactical landing’. It’s not without risk. Special forces are present with night-vision equipment.
Lees verderKlein foutje in het artikel is dat niet de Nederlanders maar de Britten goede ervaringen hebben met de Viking in Afghanistan.
11/02/2012 | 02:51 uur
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