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Dates: during 1975-1975
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...Army does not have. What is probably the world's biggest helicopter-training facility has been constructed at Isfahan in central Iran. It is staffed by U.S. experts who, with their families, form a colony of 5,000. The Shah's navy includes nearly 40 destroyers, frigates and Hovercraft???some armed with missiles. Iran is now so important a customer for American arms that the head of the U.S. military mission in Tehran, Air Force Major General Devol ("Rock") Brett, has direct access to the Shah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMAMENTS: THE ARMS DEALERS: GUNS FOR ALL | 3/3/1975 | See Source »

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