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We suspended the relief convoys for the following three days. These were spent training the Ugandan soldiers on mechanized warfare tactics. The much-anticipated arrival of the strike helicopters occurred early on the second day, with their support crews arriving on two larger helicopters later that afternoon.
We eagerly inspected the two formidable looking war-birds which had recently been repainted from UN white back to camouflage. They pretty much had the same capacity as the Apache helicopters used by the United States military. The pilot was seated up and behind the weapons systems officer. As the four air-to-air missiles would not be necessary, they would be left off. What remained were sixteen guided missiles and seventy-six rockets, along with a 20mm cannon that employed the la
