November 2007
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For us ze war is over by tea time, ja →
Sunday Times
By Jerome Starkey
THEY are on the front line of the war on terror, but German pilots facing the Taliban are insisting they stop at tea time every day to comply with health and safety regulations.
The helicopter pilots, who provide medical back-up to Nato ground troops, set off for their base by mid-afternoon so they can be grounded by sundown.
Their refusal to fly in the dark...