Indonesian Air Force organization
also: Indonesian government
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Claims (2)
Indonesian Air Force carried_out_attack
Alan Lawrence Pope documented
“On May 18th, one of the Rebel B-26 bomber raided Ambon, hitting a crowded village marketplace where people were on their way to church. The plane was hit over its intended target, an airfield, and the right wing caught on fire. The crew bai…”
▶ The Colonels corner president’s secret war chapter 8 @ 56:26
Indonesian Air Force carried_out_attack
Rebel Government documented
“dismissed six of the rebel colonels, and more discharges were to follow. They declared a force that was necessary, and a week later, warships maneuvered off the coast to a stronghold of the Sumatran rebels. There were radio stations along t…”
▶ The Colonels corner president’s secret war chapter 8 @ 46:37
Mentions (5)
▶ 46:37
dismissed six of the rebel colonels, and more discharges were to follow. They declared a force that was necessary, and a week later, warships maneuvered off the coast to a stronghold of the Sumatran rebels. There were radio stations along t…
▶ 53:01
fell on May 4th. With the end on Sumatra, the rebel capital was basically gone. The most conspicuous facet of the covert assistance to the rebels was the rebels' air force, because they had no way of getting one except for the CIA. The Indo…
▶ 53:57
On both occasions, the ships were attacked out on open water and not in port. The danger of the American exposure was very high. On March 23rd, there was another flap in Washington when a U.S. Navy plane, which may have been on a reconnaiss…
▶ 54:27
Later in the campaign, two of the rebel B-26 bombers were shot down, while the government claimed to have destroyed six more on the ground during raids. Through its own intelligence, the Indonesian government learned a fair amount about the…
▶ 58:50
This was the end for the archipelago. An officer that heard Alan Dulles explicitly use the phrase, we must disengage as the director of intelligence ordered a stand down for CIA field forces. Some of the paramilitary advisor teams had to ma…