Originally Posted by
capngrog
Perhaps it's a novelty these days, but in the U.S., during the height of the Vietnam War, 18 and 19 year old Warrant Officers were flying helicopters in combat.
Cheers,
Grog
Reminds me of the book 'Snake Pilot'.
Qualified to be commander of a Cobra helicopter with enough armament to erase entire villages from the face of the earth, yet too young to rent a car in Hawaii.
'Murica