Bend / Central Oregon News, Sports, Business, Weather, Entertainment, Classifieds and Local & State Headlines | The Bulletin

Use Advanced Search to filter by date and category. *keyword is required in search field.
start date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
end date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
category:
Archive Home > 2012 > July > 16 > A pilot’s difficult defection from Syria

A pilot’s difficult defection from Syria

By Liz Sly / The Bulletin
July 16, 2012

ALTINOZU, Turkey — When helicopter pilot Ahmad Trad decided he wanted to defect from the Syrian air force earlier this year, he realized it wasn’t going to be easy. His Damascus air base was closely monitored, he was sure his phone was tapped and he suspected that one in every three of his....

Read complete article

Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.