Intermountain Aviation organization
also: Inner Mountain, Intermountain, Intermountain Airlines, Intermountain Aviation Inc
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Claims (19)
CIA sold_to
Intermountain Aviation documented
document
“the sale of Southern Air Transport and the liquidation of assets of Intermountain Aviation with their exposure in the press…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.216
CIA funded
Intermountain Aviation documented
document
“Other CIA "businesses which became apparent in the 1960s were the Agency's airlines Air America Air Asia Civil Air Transport Intermountain Aviation and Southern Air Transport…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.269
CIA funded
Intermountain Aviation documented
document
“The Agency's largest operating proprietaries have been Air America the insurance complex and Intermountain Aviation Inc…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.217
Evergreen Aviation Corporation bought
Intermountain Aviation book_quoted
“In the course of the litigation admitting its ownership of Southern Air Transport, the ultimate losers were the employees. The CIA also liquidated Intermountain Aviation in 1973, selling its airfield complex to Evergreen Aviation Corporatio…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Safe for Democracy Part 34 (36) @ 14:03
CIA funded
Intermountain Aviation documented
“has the purpose of providing a variety of non-attributable air support capabilities available for quick deployment overseas to support agency activities. You know, like when you want to go kill Lumumba or you want to go kill Allende. Yeah, …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner JFK FIle 157-10014-10144 Part 1 @ 36:57
CIA operated
Intermountain Aviation documented
“Mountain Aviation. And what does that say? Oh, Intermountain Airlines was known as a CIA airline front company, performed covert operations for the CIA in Southeast Asia and elsewhere during the Vietnam War. Intermountain's main base of ope…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner JFK FIle 157-10014-10144 Part 1 @ 15:56
CIA funded
Intermountain Aviation host_asserted
“And basically, the proprietary the CIA was using this time was, again, Intermountain Aviation. And they were illegally exporting B-26 bombers to Portuguese Africa.…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 28 (29) @ 45:40
William Robert Tush Plumlee member_of
Intermountain Aviation documented
“military, and CIA asset from 1956 to 1987. Do the math, folks. Three decades. With a long history of CIA activities in Central America, Cuba, and Mexico, Plumlee had worked for various CIA proprietories or front companies, including Riddle …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Great Pretense Part 1 @ 9:09
Intermountain Aviation supplied_arms_to
Portugal host_asserted
“that these were private adventures is cast into doubt by the indictment of Intermountain Aviation, another CIA front company, for illegally exporting B-26 bombers to Portuguese Africa. General Counsel Lawrence Houston, who was required to g…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 12 cont @ 34:59
Evergreen International Airlines acquired
Intermountain Aviation host_asserted
“Oh, shit. That company was bought by Evergreen, which is the company that I worked for. As soon as I just saw Tucson, I'm like, oh, son of a bitch. That's Evergreen, isn't it? It is Evergreen. A company that was acknowledged connections to …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner JFK FIle 157-10014-10144 Part 1 @ 16:27
Evergreen International Airlines split_off_from
Intermountain Aviation book_quoted
“Evergreen International Airlines, which is my old company, a company that was formed from the assets of CIA proprietary Intermountain Aviation after its cover was blown in the mid-1970s. So, yes, I worked for a CIA proprietary airline compl…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA, and George Bush Part 15 @ 41:52
Gar Thornsrud headed
Intermountain Aviation documented
“showed up at Marana as president of Inner Mountain, ran by the CIA. His chief lieutenant, Connie M. Seigrist and Douglas Price, had been his deputies at trampoline for the Cuba project. So they just picked up and moved that group of pilots …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 25 (26) @ 52:19
CIA laundered_money_for
Intermountain Aviation host_asserted
“Extending our example of CIA aircraft shell games, in 1967, the DC-6A previously mentioned was moved to Intermountain Aviation, another laundromat destination. Managing the proprietories, including many more than were mentioned here, was a …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 25 (26) @ 53:23
CIA front_for
Intermountain Aviation host_asserted
“So again, it's money laundering. It's taking Air Force budget and what they're moving around isn't necessarily the military people in our island. Although you can take hops on those, you can use it as a scheduled airline, but they're actual…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 25 (26) @ 50:43
Intermountain Aviation supplied_arms_to
Portugal documented
“Angola, too, by the way, several years later. The hypothesis that these were private adventures is cast into doubt by the indictment of Intermountain Aviation, another CIA front company, for illegally exporting B-26 bombers to Portuguese Af…”
▶ The Colonels corner president’s secret wars chapter 12 continued @ 36:59
Evergreen International Airlines funded
Intermountain Aviation book_quoted
“It also says, which is true, Evergreen acquired most of the aircraft from the CIA proprietary airline Intermountain Aviation. And we've talked about them before. The company with the contract for all of the aircraft maintenance was in Mexic…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads and War on Terror Part 9 @ 4:49
John Merriman member_of
Intermountain Aviation book_quoted
“Intermountain trainer for the project, became the chief of operations for the Congo air effort. Joining him was Air America pilots Ed Dearborn and Don Coney, as well as many Cuban exiles, among them Gus Ponzoa, leading 15 Cuban pilots in th…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 28 (29) @ 27:15
Intermountain Aviation supplied_arms_to
Portugal host_asserted
“And basically, the proprietary the CIA was using this time was, again, Intermountain Aviation. And they were illegally exporting B-26 bombers to Portuguese Africa.…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 28 (29) @ 45:40
Pacific Corporation secretly_owned
Intermountain Aviation book_quoted
“was a holding company, Pacific Corporation, also known as Pacific Power and Light. Did you know that? Also, Pacific Corp. and Pacific Harbor Capital. Pacific Corp. owned CIA companies such as Air America, SAT, and Intermountain Air.…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squad & War on Terror Part 10 Final @ 52:56
Mentions (16)
▶ 4:49
It also says, which is true, Evergreen acquired most of the aircraft from the CIA proprietary airline Intermountain Aviation. And we've talked about them before. The company with the contract for all of the aircraft maintenance was in Mexic…
▶ 52:56
was a holding company, Pacific Corporation, also known as Pacific Power and Light. Did you know that? Also, Pacific Corp. and Pacific Harbor Capital. Pacific Corp. owned CIA companies such as Air America, SAT, and Intermountain Air.…
▶ 36:59
Angola, too, by the way, several years later. The hypothesis that these were private adventures is cast into doubt by the indictment of Intermountain Aviation, another CIA front company, for illegally exporting B-26 bombers to Portuguese Af…
▶ 50:43
So again, it's money laundering. It's taking Air Force budget and what they're moving around isn't necessarily the military people in our island. Although you can take hops on those, you can use it as a scheduled airline, but they're actual…
▶ 51:17
Intermountain Aviation was at Marana, Arizona, northwest of Tucson. That's where Evergreen comes in. Intermountain had been formed in the late 1950s as an aircraft modification and maintenance facility, originally the Sonora Flying Service.…
▶ 51:47
The base had long been the center of air crew training, and the CIA soon used it for that as well. They also used it for modifying aircraft. Once succeeding in making their first solo flights, pilots were dunked in the swimming pool that fe…
▶ 52:19
showed up at Marana as president of Inner Mountain, ran by the CIA. His chief lieutenant, Connie M. Seigrist and Douglas Price, had been his deputies at trampoline for the Cuba project. So they just picked up and moved that group of pilots …
▶ 53:23
Extending our example of CIA aircraft shell games, in 1967, the DC-6A previously mentioned was moved to Intermountain Aviation, another laundromat destination. Managing the proprietories, including many more than were mentioned here, was a …
▶ 26:43
weapon pods converted the aircraft to basically a ground support role. The first mission was flown from a strip in Kualu province in February. After Harriman's visit, the air project accelerated. Better T-28 aircraft came along. Along with …
▶ 45:40
And basically, the proprietary the CIA was using this time was, again, Intermountain Aviation. And they were illegally exporting B-26 bombers to Portuguese Africa.…
▶ 47:46
which were to be modified in Canada with long-range fuel tanks. Former agency officials identified the source of the planes as Intermountain Aviation and Evergreen International, both of which was CIA proprietaries. And the defendants were …
▶ 14:03
In the course of the litigation admitting its ownership of Southern Air Transport, the ultimate losers were the employees. The CIA also liquidated Intermountain Aviation in 1973, selling its airfield complex to Evergreen Aviation Corporatio…
▶ 9:09
military, and CIA asset from 1956 to 1987. Do the math, folks. Three decades. With a long history of CIA activities in Central America, Cuba, and Mexico, Plumlee had worked for various CIA proprietories or front companies, including Riddle …
▶ 42:00
Evergreen International Airlines, which is my old company, a company that was formed from the assets of CIA proprietary Intermountain Aviation after its cover was blown in the mid-1970s. So yes, I worked for a CIA proprietary airline comple…
▶ 42:30
Evergreen operates a giant base in Marana, Arizona, just outside of Tucson, which Intermountain Aviation had owned. Evergreen's founder and principal owner, Delford Smith, told the Portland Oregonian that his company had one contract with t…
▶ 46:56
who was a sitting Democrat representative in the House of Congress from Colorado, stating, quote, I received a phone call from Bob Cottle of the CIA. Mr. Cottle told me that CIA files show that in 1966, Heinrich Rump received flying lessons…