Much flying was done, with plenty of flag-waving and sabre-rattling, the aircrew enjoying the post due to the lack of restrictions, and challenging missions.
With aspirations of support from right-wing voters, all candidates with low levels of poll support for the nomination took this same sabre-rattling stand.
In contrast to all of this separatist sabre-rattling, there has been at least one serious modern movement for annexation, and an intriguing one at that.
