Silverback was set up by the special forces of the APR for weapon deliveries and covered ops in DRC.
Silverback bought the 2 Diesel-8 for 10$ each in a very complex deal involving western intelligence agencies.
The planes flew weapons and millions of ammo from Albania and former-Yugoslavia to Rwanda. The plane were also used to discretely deliver hundreds of tons of tin stolen from DRC.
Although the entire ops is profitable, the mechanics were not able to keep the aircraft airworthy, which is really the least they could do.
All this while the UN/EU/etc. are investing billions to bring peace back in the region (how many millions of deads again ?).
And you were expecting a "normal", "reciprocal" or even "fair-play" treatment with this type of ops and history ?
Probably the best joke of the year, thanks for that !
