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purchased by Abu Dhabi. The naval force of the
Federation should consist of 16 ships, 4 of which
were already owned by Qatar and 4 by Abu Dhabi. 8
additional ships should be bought.
7. The Air Force
(a) The Federation should acquire 16 helicopters
and 18 Hawker Hunters.
(b) The planes would require maintenance depots;
the Federation should initiate negotiations with
the British Government to take over the British military
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installations at Sharjah and at Bahrain and use them for
this purpose.
(c) The aircraft should be distributed as follows:
4 Hunters should be attached to Bahrain, 4 to
Sharjah and 4 to Abu Dhabi: the distribution of the
remainder should be decided by H.H. The Ruler. These
aircraft should periodically carry out exercises in
order to make some impression on the minds of the
people of the area.
(a) The Federation should acquire 4 transport
aircraft in addition to the planes which Abu Dhabi
already had. The transport aircraft could carry the
following;
1. 20 soldiers plus their weapons.
2. 4000 rotls (lrotl - 449.28 gr)
3. 1 Jeep.
One of the characteristics of these aircraft, - either
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the Skyvan or the Carribou which Abu Dhabi had, - was
that they could land in the desert and did not require
a prepared runway.
