Operation Elephant Herd operation
also: Elephant Herd
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Invest Air Leasing supplied_arms_to
Operation Elephant Herd documented
“The operations were made possible by aircraft the CIA procured through private companies. A McLean, Virginia firm called Invest Air Leasing was a fake company with an address of Dulles Airport. They bought five planes. Three were military O…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 44 (46) @ 47:49
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▶ 48:19
in December of 1983 and sent to Elephant Herd, a JCS multi-service tasking created specifically to provide weapons to the Contra at minimal cost. Two identical planes, like the O-2As, taken from the New York Air National Guard, were simulta…
▶ 48:45
In February of 84, the planes were armed with rocket pods by Summit Aviation, another CIA proprietary, in Delaware. Although there were claims that the elephant herd provided all manner of items to the Contra, in fact, the only aircraft, a …