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W O CIA Aircraft St. Lucia Airways Lockheed L-100 J6-SLO Hercules CN 4129 . #297675131
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Saint Lucia Airways: Saint Lucia Airways (or St. Lucia Airways, STL) was founded in 1975 and incorporated in Saint Lucia (PO Box 253, Castries, Saint Lucia). During the 1987 hearings of the Congressional Committees investigating the Iran-Contra affair, St. Lucia Airways was identified as a CIA proprietary company.After revelations of its involvement in the illegal arms shipments to Iran, the company apparently ceased operations in May 1987. This aircraft crashed on November 29 , 19889 .The aircraft, flown by Tepper Aviations chief, reportedly was carrying out a flight on behalf of the CIA to provide the Angolan UNITA guerrilla forces with weapons. It crashed while coming in to land at Jamba.
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