“A Pacific War for helicopters.”

"That’s how French Army Colonel Jean-Yves Bouillaud describes his battalion’s mission in eastern Chad. Bouillaud commands the EUFOR Multinational Aviation Battalion, a planned mélange of French, Austrian, Polish and Russian aviators flying an equally eclectic mix of helicopters. The unit is based at Abeche near the border with Sudan.
Right now there are just six choppers – all French at the moment, since the Polish and Russian aircraft are still deploying – to cover a region the size of Texas. Hence the comparison to World War II’s vast Pacific theater.

It’s the battalion’s job to ferry people and supplies to the remotest EUFOR outposts, to scout for bandits threatening refugees and aid workers and, if necessary, to attack the bandits with rockets, guns, missiles and snipers firing out the choppers’ side doors."
War is Boring