A???ntin? h?s kісk??-st??t?? th? ???c?ss ??? ???c??in? ???? B??in?-m??? CH-47 Chin??k h??v?-li?t h?lic??t??s ???m th? U.S., milit??? s???c?s in B??n?s Ai??s h?v? t?l? D???ns? N?ws.
Aim?? ?t ??l?illin? ? ????i??m?nt ?i?st iss??? in 2011, th? h?lic??t??s ??? int?n??? ??? A?m? ?n? Ai? F??c? ?????ti?ns, ??th in t?ctic?l t??ns???t ?n? s??ci?l ???c?s s?????t ??l?s, ?s w?ll ?s ?is?st?? ??li?? ?n? civil s?????t.
Th? ??cisi?n ?i?st c?m? t? li?ht in R?s?l?ti?n N?. 75 ?? th? A???ntin? milit???’s j?int st???, ??t?? J?n? 10, which s?i? th? ??v??nm?nt h?? ??th??iz?? th? ?c??isiti?n ???c?ss ???in ?? ?????stin? th? ?i?c???t th????h th? P?nt???n’s F???i?n Milit??? S?l?s ??????m.
Acc???in? t? th? milit??? s???c?s, s???kin? ?n th? c?n?iti?n ?? ?n?n?mit? ??? s?c??it? ???s?ns, th? ??v??nm?nt h?? st??i?? th? R?ssi?n-??ilt Mil Mi-26 ??t ??ci??? ???inst ???in? th? ?i?c???t m?inl? ?v?? its siz? ?n? m?n??v?? c????iliti?s.
Th? A???ntin? Ai? F??c? h?? ?????t?? th??? CH-47s ??tw??n 1980 ?n? 2000. Th? A?m? ?ls? ??c?iv?? tw? CH-47s in 1980, ??th ?? which ???l???? t? th? F?lkl?n? Isl?n?s in 1982, wh??? ?n? w?s ∂єѕтяσу?? ?n? th? ?th?? ?n? c??t???? ?? B?itish ???c?s.
Th? ?l?n t? ?c??i?? ???? CH-47s is ???t ?? ? l????? ??v??nm?nt ?????t t? ??st??? th? c??nt??’s ????ns? c????iliti?s ?? ?sin? ? s??ci?l ??n? c???t?? in 2020. Kn?wn ?s FONDEF — ?? N?ti?n?l F?n? ??? D???ns?, in En?lish — th? m?ch?nism s?ts ????t $400 milli?n ?nn??ll? ??? milit??? ???i?m?nt.
S???kin? in ???nt t? A???ntin?’s S?n?t? ?n J?n? 9 — th? ??? ?????? th? j?int st??? ??s?l?ti?n w?s si?n?? — D???ns? Minist?? J???? T?i?n? ?n???lin?? th? im???t?nt ?? FONDEF ??? ??lst??in? milit??? c????iliti?s.
T?i?n? s?i? FONDEF inv?stm?nts ??? ?l?nn?? ??? th? sh??t ?n? m??i?m t??m t? ?c??i?? n?w ?i?ht?? j?ts, s??m??in?s, c???? ????ns? t?chn?l???, missil?s, ??ck?ts, ?????s ?n? ???n?s, ?m?n? ?th?? m?t??i?l, ??? th? Di??ctiv? ?? N?ti?n?l P?lic? ??? D???ns?, si?n?? in 2021 ?? A???ntin? P??si??nt Al???t? F??náп??z.
Th? ?i??ctiv? is m??nt t? inc???s? A???ntin?’s milit??? c???citi?s ??? “????nsiv?, ??t????nt [?n?] c??????tiv? … ?????s?s,” T?i?n? s?i?.
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