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How the Congolese army lost its medevac helicopter

After a seven-year dispute with the company in charge of its maintenance, the Congolese Ministry of Defence has finally given up ownership of the MI-8 helicopter that it used as its air ambulance. [...]

Published on 24.11.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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