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I think you are trying to download. . .won't work (I tried and got the same thing). Just click on the link.

As far as being out of bucks and being broke, the Russians certainly are. In 1995 the South African Air Force was hosting their 75th anniversary air show and the Ukraine showed up. I was on the ramp when the Ukraine showed up and they wouldn't shut down their engines until they were paid for the fuel to be there--I am serious. The SAAF did tell all air forces they would pay for fuel to/from the event, and Ukraine was really holding them to it. Add this to the fact that when we were getting ready to leave, the SAAF police and customs people showed up and started to go through our jet. The SA Defense Attaché (he is a nice guy and he flew with us in our KC-10 from Wash DC to SA) told me not to worry, as they were "searching" our KC-10 so they would not embarrass the Ukraine's. Why? Because the Ukraine people stayed in the Officer billets on base (we stayed in hotels), and when they left, they took everything, from beds to light fixtures in the room, to the bicycle racks outside.