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Air America C-123 on ramp at Long Tieng, 1970. Set up in June 1961, Long Tieng was the headquarters for Vang Pao, who led irregular forces of the Meo people, a CIA ally in the conflict with Pathet Lao. (Source: CIA, Center for the Study of Intelligence, CIA Air Operations in Laos, 1955-1974. Photo courtesy of D. Williams.)
Ravens with a T-28D Trojan at Long Tieng, Laos, 1970. The Raven Forward Air Controllers, also known as The Ravens, were fighter pilots (special operations capable) unit used as forward air controllers (FACs) in a clandestine and covert operation in conjunction with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Laos during America's Vietnam War.
The 1st Commando Raider Company (Airborne), based at Ban Pha Khao, northeast of Vientiane in Military Region 2 (MR 2), was tasked of operations in north-eastern Laos. The 2nd Commando Raider Company (Airborne), based at "Whiskey-3" Camp, near Savannakhet in Military Region 3 (MR 3) , covered the upper Laotian panhandle.
Holm joined the CIA in 1961, and in his first assignment served in the CIA's secret war in Laos against the communists in the lead-up to the Vietnam War. Holm was then posted to the Congo and suffered near-fatal burns over 35% of his body from a plane crash. His horrific burns were treated by local tribesmen with a black paste made of snake oil ...
The War in Northern Laos. Command for Air Force History. OCLC 232549943. Briggs, Thomas Leo (2009). Cash on Delivery: CIA Special Operations During the Secret War in Laos. Rosebank Press, ISBN 978-0-9841059-4-6. Conboy, Kenneth and James Morrison (1995). Shadow War: The CIA's Secret War in Laos. Paladin Press, ISBN 0-87364-825-0.
Lima Site 85 (LS-85 alphanumeric code of the phonetic 1st letter used to conceal this covert operation [3]) was a clandestine military installation in the Royal Kingdom of Laos guarded by the Hmong "Secret Army", the Central Intelligence Agency, and the United States Air Force used for Vietnam War covert operations against communist targets in ostensibly neutral Laos under attack by the ...
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CIA paramilitary officers participated in combat alongside the Ethiopian military from the outset of operations against the Islamic Courts Union. [ 11 ] Alongside funding proxy wars in Somalia, the CIA has also financed a secret prison in Mogadishu , run by the Somali National Security Agency (now the National Intelligence and Security Agency ...