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Old 12-07-2004, 07:22 PM  
crockett
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Originally posted by erehwon
...and to think the U.S. is using mercenary companies to fly defoliation missions over the coca fields of Colombia.
They are run by the military but technically it's a civilian company, all the pilots are also civilians. I used to know the guy in charge of that entire operation, he was the only military officer in the whole deal.

I came very close to joining the army reserves to get my flight training so I could fly for him. However I had just turned 28 at the time and the army wouldn't put me in flight training becouse they said I was too old.

Sucks ass cause that would have been a killer job. Lots of action and IMO would have been very fun.
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