The Dominican Air Force received yesterday the first four of eight T35B Pillan airplanes purchased in Chile. The Air Force is also expecting to receive 10 new French helicopters (Ecureuil) that will be used in the Operación Gorrión, which will reinforce vigilance along the coasts and frontier with Haiti to prevent contraband and drug trafficking. The Chilean air force pilots flew the airplanes here making fueling stops in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Aruba. The Listín Diario reports that one of the requirements the Chilean Air Force made when choosing the men was that they were happily married to ensure they would stay faithful to their wives and not succumb to the beauty of Dominican women.
