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Friday, 4 May, 2012
Should Rega fly injured military personnel from hotspots?
Switzerland’s neutrality comes into question once again as Rega, the country’s air rescue service, is having to defend itself for exhibiting the Swiss flag during the transportation of injured coalition personnel, including American military personnel, from Iraq and Afghanistan to German facilities. WRS’s Alex Helmick asks Rega spokesman Sascha Hardegger why Rega performs these missions in the first place. Helmick also talks with Geri Müller, an Argau Parliamentarian for the Green Party, who is opposed to the flying of these missions under the Swiss flag:
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