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- On 12 November 1962, A pilot introduced as the commander in chief of the Jordanian Air Force Lt.Col. Sahl Mohamed Hamza defected to the United Arab Republic in a De Havilland DH.114 Heron military transport plane.
- On 13 November 1962 Two Jordanian Air Force pilots defected to United Arab Republic with their Hawker Hunters (#804 & #810).
Read more about this topic: List Of Cold War Pilot Defections
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“To rescue our children we will have to let them save us from the power we embody: we will have to trust the very difference that they forever personify. And we will have to allow them the choice, without fear of death: that they may come and do likewise or that they may come and that we will follow them, that a little child will lead us back to the child we will always be, vulnerable and wanting and hurting for love and for beauty.”
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