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Originally posted by sth65pac
There are examples of all of this throughout military history. I can recall 'gifting' some equipment to the New Zealander's to assist in repairs to their equipment! Its just a done thing.
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And don't forget "Barter..swap....exchange..etc..
This was especially done at unit level..sometimes within like minded units or up to CO level...
A barter arrangement that sticks out in my befuddled mind was the Take over of the US air base in '69 ..Wheelus ...in Libya...
The US air Force took evey thing that wasn't nailed down and flew it by C-123(Baby Herc's) to Decimamanno ,Sardinia where they has a US coast guard stn,Carved out of rock by the Germans during WW2..
The Stn.had huge storage area but only 3/4 ton trucks...We(RCAF) did the moving from our landing strip to their storage area with our 3 ton Dodge stake trucks..We ran pretty well around the clock for a week...the last load out was a three tonner full of booze...which their load master told us to take it to our mess....which we promptly did..
So that was an example of barter services..
I happened to be one of the drivers and can assure you that it didn't take long to drink the 'evidence'...
