CONGO-KINSHASA: CONGOLESE AIR FORCE RECEIVES TWO T-28 FIGHTERS FROM AMERICA; CHAD ARMY CHIEF-OF-STAFF REVIEWS CONGOLESE PARATROOPERS.

Record ID: 375863

  • Title: CONGO-KINSHASA: CONGOLESE AIR FORCE RECEIVES TWO T-28 FIGHTERS FROM AMERICA; CHAD ARMY CHIEF-OF-STAFF REVIEWS CONGOLESE PARATROOPERS.
  • Date: 17th March 1969
  • Summary: T-28 AIRCRAFT; BOISWERT SPEAKS; COLONEL MAMBINDA CUTS TAPE; ARRIVAL OF CHAD ARMY CHIEF-OF- STAFF GENERAL DOUMRO; MET BY GENERAL BOBOZO; DOUMRO INSPECTS FIRST AIR GROUP AT NDOLO; DEMONSTRATION BY MEN AND WOMEN PARATROOPERS; DOUMRO AND OFFICIALS WATCH; DOUMRO PRESENTED WITH INSIGNIA OF MAJOR TSHIKEVA PARATROOPERS RECEIVE BADGES FROM DOUMRO; DOUMRO VISITS MIKONDO UNIT. Initials GHB/VS/CCT/SC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 1st April 1969 13:00
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  • Location: NDJILI, CONGO-KINSHASA
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  • Country: Congo, Democratic Republic of
  • Reuters ID: LVAGFF1SHWE31NK3PZEASD17JJC
  • Story Text: THE CONGOLESE AIR FORCE RECEIVED TWO T-28 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT IN A CEREMONY AT NDJILI RECENTLY. THE T-28 TYPE OF TRAINER AIRCRAFT, WHICH WILL BE USED IN THE CONGO IN A GROUND SUPPORT ROLE, WERE WIDELY USED BY THE AMERICAN AIR FORCE IN VIETNAM. THE PROPELLOR-DRIVEN AIRCRAFT WERE RECEIVED ON BEHALF OF CONGO-KINSHASA BY COLONEL MAMBINDA FROM GENERAL BOISWERT OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.

    GENERAL JACQUES DOUMRO, CHIEF-OF-STAFF OF THE CHAD NATIONAL ARMY, WHO ARRIVED IN CONGO-KINSHASA AT THE HEAD OF A 2--STRONG MILITARY MISSION ON MARCH 5, WAS GREETED AT NDJILI AIRPORT BY GENERAL BOBOZO, OF THE CONGOLESE NATIONAL ARMY.

    AFTER A CONFERENCE AT THE CONGOLESE NATIONAL ARMY HEADQUARTERS, GENERAL DOUMRO AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CHAD MISSION INSPECTED THE FIRST AIR GROUP AT NDOLO AND WATCHED A DEMONSTRATION BY MEN AND WOMEN PARATROOPERS. GENERAL DOUMRO WAS PRESENTED WITH AN INSIGNIA OF THE CONGOLESE PARATROOPERS BY MAJOR TSHIKEVA. THE CHAD CHIEF-OF-STAFF PRESENTED A CHAD PARATROOPERS BADGE TO THE ENTIRE UNIT.

    GENERAL DOUMRO, WHO HAS BEEN DISCUSSING MILITARY QUESTIONS OF INTEREST TO BOTH COUNTRIES WITH CONGO-KINSHASA'S SENIOR OFFICERS, ALSO VISITED THE AIR-SUPPORTED BRIGADE AT MIKONDO AND SAW A SMALL ARMS DEMONSTRATION.
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