RARE color footage from Lithuanian aviation show in Kaunas (1939 08 14-15). Two weeks before start of WW2.
Lithuanian Air Force crews began their training in ZemunikLithuanian Air Force flight crews began practical training today, April 30, in Helicopter Squadron of the 93rd Air Force in Zemunik Barracks.
Lithuanian team consists of the two flight crews and the training is conducted on the Lithuanian Air Force helicopter Mi-8 (Mi-17). This is the fourth group of the Lithuanian Air Force who have been training flaying in mountainous areas under the expert guidance of Croatian pilots. Training lasts three weeks and is led by Major Zoran Maranović from the Croatian Air Force and Air Defence.
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Google translate:
Three Lithuanian soldiers injured in southern Afghanistan.
May 3. about 11 hours. Lithuanian-time explosion in southern Afghanistan wounded an unspecified explosive cartridge three Lithuanian soldiers on patrol off-road vehicle. Injured taken to hospital in the war, military life is at risk. Wounded soldiers of the accident.
All three soldiers serve in NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Special Operations Squadron, stationed in southern Afghanistan.
lets hope it's nothing seriuos and that they will recover quickly.