WYSIWYG -- Argghhh!
Times seventy-two.
Which will give you the number of brand-new *fully*-qualified rotary-wing aviators the Flight Training School produced since January '09. Add twelve more who completed the instrument flight phase, twelve more who received the full block of academic instruction, forty-four "legacy" pilots I taught real-world IMC Survival Skills to, twelve former Mi-8/Mi-17/Mi-24 pilots we transitioned into the Huey II, and one trained-to-US-standards Instructor Pilot, and I call that a pretty decent start at creating a new fling-wing fighting force from scratch.
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