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To: jriemer
Not every Kiwi is a sheep. Look at The RNZAF Is All But Gone
7 posted on 08/31/2003 1:01:37 PM PDT by Cannoneer No. 4 ("Leave the Artillerymen alone, they are an obstinate lot. . .")
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To: Cannoneer No. 4
True, not every Kiwi is / was a sheep. That nation provided some of the toughest fighters and coaster watchers were Kiwis during WWII; however, NZ's left has left their military to rot in the sun.

The F-16 A/B models the RNZAF declined to purchase wasn't even nightvision capable. Again, my point about strategic vision. You would think that a pilot who has a 50/50 chance of flying at night would appreciate nightvision...

That goes for the RNZAF pilots who will be hauling humanitarian crap to God-knows-where or is the RNZAF a day-ops only air force? [/sarcasm]

51 posted on 09/02/2003 6:11:03 AM PDT by jriemer (We are a Republic not a Democracy)
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