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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
Subject: Re: Helicopter resupply mission
Organization: The U. of MD, CP, CAD lab
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 90 02:05:19 GMT
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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
In article <1990Nov19.001338.8426@cbnews.att.com>, v064lnev@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Zerxes Bhagalia) writes:

>There has been much talk lately of a resupply mission for the US embassy
>in Kuwait.  From what I hear, it would likely involve one or two totally
>unarmed helicopters, filled only with supplies, which would fly over the
>Kuwaiti border to the US embassy.
>
>It is anticipated, by many however, that if such a helicopter resupply
>mission were attempted, the Iraqi military forces currently occupying
>Kuwait, would try their _utmost_ to _destroy_ the units. 
>
>If such a mission was put into action.
>My question is this:  Who chooses who to operate the helicopters on such
>			a seemingly suicidal mission?  And on what basis
>			is the selection made?  If selected, are the
>			personel given the option to reject the mission?
>			Would selection be totally voluntary?

Depends. If you do it as a public event in broad daylight, I think they'd 
ask for volunteers.

If they do resupply at night, with an MH-60 Nighthawk (?) or MH-47 (?), you
pick some of the best guys you have to do NOE flying, and make the decision
to fly them in, but not out. An audacious act, perhaps... :-)

Or, if you are the sneaky type, you purchase an Mil-8 chopper (currently
available at cut-rate prices from various Eastern European countries), fit in
some drop tanks, paint it in Iraqi colors, and brashly resupply the embassy in
broad daylight. Just get out of town before someone figures out what is going
on....



