International Volunteer Air Group organization
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CIA recruited
International Volunteer Air Group book_quoted
“Navy submarines left Subic Bay while airdrops were staged from CIA compounds at Clark under Paul Gottke. The agency enlisted the services of several hundred American, Polish people, Filipinos, and KMT to maintain and fly a small fleet of tr…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 25:40
National Security Council funded
International Volunteer Air Group documented
“but military personnel were used over the short term until their war ended. The OCB recommendation to form an international volunteer air group was nonetheless taken up that summer. The recommendation was approved by NSC at its 211th meetin…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents Secret Wars Chap 7a @ 36:51
International Volunteer Air Group front_for
Flying Tigers host_asserted
“E-R-S-K-I-N-E, who was assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Special Operations. The concept provided an entity called the International Volunteer Air Group, which looks exactly like the Flying Tigers. That could be sponsored by France …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents Secret Wars Chap 7a @ 34:16
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▶ 34:16
E-R-S-K-I-N-E, who was assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Special Operations. The concept provided an entity called the International Volunteer Air Group, which looks exactly like the Flying Tigers. That could be sponsored by France …
▶ 34:43
and they would be given B-29s as well. It was expected that this international volunteer air group could be set up within eight months and would cost $130 million. Though first discussed at the NSC subcommittee, the international volunteer …
▶ 36:20
and the enlistment by U.S. civilian and military volunteers. The original plan called for the creation of a unit before the end of 1954's rainy season in Indochina, but the crisis receded and no action was forthcoming. The U.S. did consider…
▶ 36:51
but military personnel were used over the short term until their war ended. The OCB recommendation to form an international volunteer air group was nonetheless taken up that summer. The recommendation was approved by NSC at its 211th meetin…
▶ 37:21
was shelved as a contingency option, but the planning exercise was significant in establishing the NSC-approved role for this kind of illegitimate air force that the CIA had just used in Guatemala and would soon be using in the Far East as …
▶ 25:40
Navy submarines left Subic Bay while airdrops were staged from CIA compounds at Clark under Paul Gottke. The agency enlisted the services of several hundred American, Polish people, Filipinos, and KMT to maintain and fly a small fleet of tr…