A heartening sight to the Congo's government soldiers these days is that model T of an airplane, the T-28 trainer. Rigged with rockets and 50-cal. ma chine guns, half a dozen of the U.S.-donated aircraft have proved to be le thal weapons against the ragged rebels who are undermining the shaky regime of Premier Cyrille Adoula on the eve of the U.N.'s departure June 30.
What caused some embarrassment in Washington last week was not the planes but their pilots. For it was finally common knowledge that the men in the cockpits have been...
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