By Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba
AFRICOM; How the helicopters donated to Zambia were transported
From Menominee, Michigan to Zambia. Last month, Zambia Air Force welcomed newly delivered Enstrom 480B Bell helicopters into its fleet.
How exactly do you ship a helicopter across the ocean? You have to first take it apart, then put it back together again. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the process and the amazing induction ceremony in Lusaka that followed!
The United States announced an $80 million grant to Zambia that will supply four bell 412EP helicopters to the Zambia Air Force with three years of service, parts, and training for the helicopters.
Commander of U.S. Africa Command General Michael Langley made the announcement at the Africa Senior Enlisted Leaders Conference (ASELC), which the United States and Zambia co-hosted from September 10-13, 2023.
The United States committed $80 million to the Zambia Air Force (ZAF) to supply four bell 412EP helicopters to help the country respond to crises.
Nice to know how.Now motive? With what intent? Any thing wrong? Or just?Big question is who should show how the military send or receive their cargo donated to particularly ZAF.No espionage? Whose preserve? Military helicopter? What role? Prowess of knowledge?
How does someone start commenting on sensitive security matters of a country’s defence force?
Some people are addicted to trouble.And when you are summoned @ it’s tribalism.
Just shut up if you don’t have meaningful checks and balances for the government. Damnt!!!
A story whose end has no ending, phew! Why go into something you literally have no clue.
At the rate Mr. Mwamba is going, it will not be surprising if he finds himself in serious trouble.
Why would anyone write anything relating to the military when he is an outsider?
Ba Eagle, exactly my thoughts. He is treading on thin ice.
In what capacity has he written the article? To what end?
Can Mr Mwamba tell the nation about fire trucks ambulances that were bought from some museum for Zambia since he seems to be an expert on such matters. Who brought them in? How were they transported? How much was spend on these museum pieces? Where are they now? Who brought in the gas that was used in gassing the people of Zambia. Why were those frightening trucks brought into Zambia for ZP? Was a war planned against the people? So can the knowledgeable Mwamba elaborate please.
The choppers remind me of the Vietnam War. Mekong Delta, My Lai massacre (we had to destroy the village inorder to save it), Charlie company(?), the siege of Saigon and the fall of Saigon with the subsequent chaotic withdrawal and the choppers being tipped into the sea to make room for others to land. That was a war to remember!
Kubweka…noted.
So ebwamba and your PF together with Afuledi, what if the choppers came using utulumba, what the point of your article?