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	Peru Investigation Report: The April 20, 2001 Peruvian Shootdown Accident
		The Peruvian implementation of the air interdiction portion of the 1991 document was initially achieved by interdicting flights at the point of departure or arrival on the ground within Peru.
		The Peruvian Air Force, in accordance with its normal mission, is authorized to intercept domestic and foreign aircraft flying over Peruvian airspace, in the coca zones, in order to establish the aircraft identification, point of origin, and final destination.
		The low speed of the OB-1408 forced the A-37 to maneuver constantly, which prevented it from aiming precisely at non-vital areas of the intercepted aircraft, as was observed later in the visual inspection done in the city of Iquitos by the Investigation Commission.
	www.fas.org /irp/news/2001/08/peru_shootdown.html (6376 words)

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	World Events
		LIMA, Peru -- U.S. and Peruvian investigators Saturday were trying to unravel the perplexing circumstances in which an American missionary and her infant daughter died when a Peruvian air force anti-drug plane shot down their Cessna--an incident that also involved a U.S. surveillance aircraft.
		Their pilot was wounded in the legs and was in stable condition Saturday after being transferred from a jungle clinic to a hospital in the northern city of Iquitos.
		Peruvian air force officials insist that the missionary pilot, Kevin Donaldson, ignored radio warnings and other internationally established procedures with which the Peruvian pilot tried to contact him.
	www.judgejimgray.com /gpage4.html (1086 words)

	Russian Air Force 3.7
		On the latter half of the 1990s the air force organizations would need to acquire about a hundred new aircraft a year in order to maintain the strength of fighters and attack aircraft at approximately 3,000 and, at the same time, replace the retiring MiG-23s, MiG-27s and Su-17s and the oldest Su-25s.
		The share of air force acquisition was 9.4 % in 1996, 3.4 % in 1997, and 1.6 % in 1999.
		The fact that Long-Range Aviation redirected its forces from inter-continental strategic missions more to the regional conflicts was a natural consequence of both the requirements of the new military doctrine and the changes in quantities of military units and equipment after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
	www.saunalahti.fi /~fta/ruaf-3-7.htm (7767 words)

	Giants of Cenepa
		In this manner the Peru Air Force's Fighters-Jets -without firing any missile or bullet- achieved to establish an air supremacy over the battle field in Upper Cenepa Sky and adorned their wings with glory, triumph laurels, peruvian fighter-pilots were the Lords of the Cenepa sky, the Peru Air Force was the Upper Cenepa Sky King.
		Peruvian Under-Officer: Technician FAP Sanjinés Roldán fired one "Strella" missile, the equatorian aircraft's crewmen tried to evade diving but the peruvian missile hit the A-37B aircraft FAE-293 which was hit in front of the left intake and badly damaged -it returned dramatically to the base and was subsequently repaired.
		Peruvian fighters seen the equatorian airplane when it was hit by peruvian missile but the equatorian monkeys say the equatorian aircraft returned back to base, whatever Equator was damaged an war airplane for a long time.
	giants-of-cenepa.4t.com /winners-of-cenepa.html (6086 words)

	CNN.com - Plane shootdown: Drug intercept flights suspended in Peru - April 21, 2001
		Meanwhile, the Peruvian Air Force and a Baptist missionary group are giving conflicting accounts of events that led to the shooting down of the plane.
		A U.S. reconnaissance plane, helping the Peruvians detect aircraft used in drug trafficking, was near the Peruvian military plane at the time of the incident but was unarmed and did not participate in shooting at the missionaries' plane, said a spokesman for the U.S. embassy in Lima.
		A Peruvian in a dugout canoe rescued the survivors, who were taken to a clinic in the nearby town of Pevas.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/US/04/21/peru.plane.02 (1165 words)

	Exercise aims to improve counter drug effort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		AIR STATION, Panama -- The commander of the American forces on the front lines of the drug war said it could take years to win the fight against drug smugglers.
		In the past four months, Colombian and Peruvian air force planes have "engaged 17 drug aircraft in the air or on the ground," McCaffrey said.
		"Air forces are known for their coordination and rapid reaction," he said.
	www.fas.org /irp/news/1995/n19950801_818.html (604 words)

	Air Bridge Denial: The Success of a Failure Chronicles of the Drug War
		Robert Fabricio, assistant director of the Joint Air Operations Center, declared in 1997, "Air Bridge Interdiction has a 12% success rate: of every eight aircraft identified as suspicious, one is intercepted." As to the exact quantity of aircraft intercepted there is little consensus.
		The air bridge served as the principal route for coca paste (an intermediate form in processing cocaine) from the early 1980s until after 1992.
		This measure was the formal beginning of Air Bridge Interdiction, although at the same time it began a large military deployment with the goal of ending the presence of the guerrilla groups Shining Path and MRTA.
	www.forusa.org /programs/panama/archives/30.htm (1785 words)

	bowers-account2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Peruvian military has a different account: the plane was flying unannounced and did not identify itself as it made its way through a remote jungle region frequented by drug traffickers.
		Missionary Veronica ``Roni'' Bowers, 35, and her infant daughter, Charity, were both killed by the Peruvian gunfire Friday, apparently by a single bullet that passed through the woman's body and entered the child's skull as she sat on her mother's lap, her brother-in-law said.
		The Peruvian air force, which has expressed regret for the incident, said Saturday that the missionary plane entered Peruvian air space unannounced from Brazilian territory and was fired upon after failing to respond.
	www.nctimes.net /~sirsteward/bowers-account2.htm (810 words)

	The Conservative Christian Newsletter
		Peru's air force issued a statement early today confirming that the missionaries' plane was shot down after it was detected at 10:05 a.m.
		The statement said the plane entered Peruvian air space from Brazil without filing a flight plan and that it was fired on after the pilot failed to respond to "international procedures of identification and interception."
		She said another Peruvian air force plane -- called in by the jet fighter -- had taken Jim Bowers, his son, his dead wife and daughter back to Iquitos.
	www.wilderness-cry.net /tccn/2001/apr21.html (2146 words)

	ISI Consulting; Air Bridge Denial Program Operations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In the case of Peru, an aerial transportation route, or "air bridge" between the coca-cultivating areas of Peru and the cocaine refining areas of Colombia, developed in the late 1980’s as a major means to move semi-refined cocaine to Colombia, with return flights bringing drug dollars back to Peruvian traffickers and coca-cultivating communities.
		In the past year and a half, a trafficking aircraft was intercepted and shot down on July 17, 2000, and there were two force downs of trafficking aircraft, one on December 18, 2000 and one on January 21, 2001.
		Three of these aircraft are being made available to the Colombian Air Force to reinitiate the ABDP to interrupt illicit trafficking of drugs by small civilian aircraft.
	isiconsulting.us /ABDP.html (710 words)

	Clyde North Aeronautical Preservation Group - CNAPG.
		The aircraft was acquired by the Honduras Air Force and was re-serialed as FAH556.
		The aircraft was acquired by the Peruvian Air Force and re-serialed as FAP399.
		The aircraft was acquired by the Columbian Air Force and re-serialed as 1007.
	www.cnapg.org /hercules.htm (7641 words)

	Online NewsHour: Tragic Mishap -- April 23, 2001
		Over the weekend, Peru's Foreign Minister, Javier Perez de Cuellar said, "the Peruvian authorities are responsible, and we regret what happened." At the same time, Peru's air force defended its action, and said the missionary plane had no flight plan, entered Peruvian airspace unannounced, and didn't respond to radio signals.
		So thousands of lives were saved by the idea of that, the air bridge was interdicted, but unfortunately you also have a river bridge, you also have a land bridge, and you also have a sea bridge coming out of Peru.
		And I think you'll find when this investigation is finished, that there's probably a screaming match inside that airplane between the Peruvian liaison officer and air force officer and the contractors, with the Peruvian finally making the decision to, you know, to accentuate this thing and causing this incredibly tragic event to occur.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/latin_america/jan-june01/plane_peru_4-23.html (2103 words)

	NZOOM - ONE News - World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Peruvian Air Force has shot down a plane carrying American missionaries in the Amazon jungle, killing a mother and her baby, saying it opened fire after the pilot ignored warnings to land.
		A spokesman had earlier denied Peru's Air Force had intercepted the Cessna 185 "floatplane", instead saying it had been intercepted by the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and crashed because of a poor manoeuver by the pilot.
		She said Bowers had reported to air traffic authorities by radio and told her an American plane was within sight at the time.
	onenews.nzoom.com /onenews_detail/0,1227,37258-1-9,00.html (446 words)

	net127 » Peru’s Air Force Shoots Down Missionaries
		James Allan (UK Telegraph) reports, “An American missionary and her seven-month-old daughter were killed by the same bullet when a Peruvian military plane shot down their light aircraft over the Amazon jungle, in the mistaken belief that it was carrying drugs.
		AN American missionary and her seven-month-old daughter were killed by the same bullet when a Peruvian military plane shot down their light aircraft over the Amazon jungle, in the mistaken belief that it was carrying drugs.
		The Peruvian defence ministry yesterday expressed “deep regret” for the incident, saying that the air force pilot had confused the Christian missionaries’ aircraft “with a plane of narcotics traffickers” and opened fire on it with machine-guns.
	net127.com /index.php?p=54 (439 words)

	PLAN COLOMBIA'S SECRET AIR FORCE PROGRAM IN PERU \| World War 4 Report
		Despite evidence of faulty equipment in his son's plane, a Peruvian government investigation blamed the pilot in the accident, prompting Lama to file a lawsuit against the Peruvian armed forces and U.S. military contractors to discover the truth.
		That either the Peruvians or Colombians were actually given the green light to call the shots on shootdowns has been disputed by former DEA agent Celerino Castillo, who was one of the US men involved in a precursor program to Airbridge Denial in Peru in the 1980s.
		The Peruvian government also agreed to refurbish or replace the plane that was shot down and to contribute to the building of a recreation center for the association in Iquitos, to be open to the public.
	www.ww4report.com /node/565 (4125 words)

	BBC News \| AMERICAS \| Joint probe into downed plane
		The Peruvian Air Force said it regretted the incident, but insisted its pilot followed the appropriate procedures.
		The Peruvian Air Force and the US Embassy in Lima agreed "to carry out a joint investigation by a team of specialists from both countries...
		The Peruvian Air Force also decided to "temporarily suspend interception operations until the conclusion of the investigation," said the US statement.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/1294490.stm (466 words)

	US Missionary, Baby Killed in Peru Plane Incident [Free Republic]
		A Peruvian Air Force spokesman gave a different version of the accident saying the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) had intercepted the plane, and that it had crashed because of a poor maneuver by the pilot.
		Aside from the fact that you are advocated killing anyone at sea or in the air with a broken radio, you are ignoring the facts of this case.
		Libertarians don't propose to force people to use drugs, so libertarians are not responsible for the behavior of individuals who choose to exercise their liberty to engage in any risky behavior.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3ae10eae7464.htm (3303 words)

	Ecuadorian Air Force
		Not so, Ecuador possesses an unsual powerful air force for so small country-and the relationship between the two sizes is no accident, for many are of the opinion that Ecuador is too small, having lost a 400km wide strip of it's Amazonian territory to Peruvian invasion in 1941.
		The FAE in particular, has benefited from this anxiety over Peruvian ambitious and today, may claim with some justification to be one of the most modern and competent of Latin American air arms.
		Reports on incidents are scarce although a number of Peruvians losses have been reported which suggests that Ecuador is, in the air war anyway, gaining the upper hand.
	www.geocities.com /miloqui/EAF.htm (727 words)

	Peruvian Air Force Conceals UFO Information-UFO Casebook Files
		Mario Zegarra claims that the Peruvian Armed Forces, specifically its Air Force (FAP) conceal information on UFOs seen in various parts of the country, which is made known not to the national government, but to the U.S. and the agencies researching the areas where the strange craft were detected.
		The armed forces and senior police officials cover up the information, considering it to be top-secret.
		In 1967 another flying saucer was photographed by Augusto Arranda in Yungay, as he hiked the soaring mountains of the region.
	www.ufocasebook.com /peruvianairforce.html (624 words)

	CNN.com - Missionary pilot: Shooting will 'haunt' me - April 23, 2001
		Without directly blaming the Peruvian government, the White House said Monday that the Peruvian Air Force failed to follow established procedures before firing on the plane.
		The Peruvian Air Force, however, denied that it had deviated from the standard rules of engagement.
		The Peruvian Air Force said the pilot of the Cessna failed to file a flight plan -- leading to the suspicion of a drug flight -- and entered Peruvian air space from Brazil.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /2001/US/04/23/peru.plane.04 (1014 words)

	Tape shows missionary plane not evading (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		WASHINGTON— A U.S. videotape of a plane shot down by the Peruvian air force shows the craft had not been taking evasive action prior to the attack, according to a U.S. official who reviewed the tape.
		A Peruvian air force officer on board the CIA-operated spotter nevertheless directed a Peruvian jet fighter to shoot down the craft, which turned out to be carrying U.S. missionaries, U.S. officials said.
		The senior U.S. intelligence officer who reviewed the tape said Monday the three-member U.S. crew repeatedly asked the Peruvian liaison officer on board if he was sure the Cessna 185 seaplane, which was about a mile away, was a drug-running operation.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2001-04-23-japanfacts.htm (422 words)

	CNN.com - Bush calls missionary plane incident 'terrible tragedy' - April 22, 2001
		The survivors were rescued by a Peruvian in a dugout canoe.
		The Peruvian Air Force has said Donaldson filed no flight plan, entered Peruvian air space from Brazil and did not respond to attempts at radio communication from the military plane.
		U.S. officials said a private plane chartered by the CIA first alerted the Peruvian Air Force pilot of the missionaries' Cessna, part of an ongoing effort by several U.S. agencies to patrol the area for drug traffickers.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/US/04/22/peru.plane.03 (1132 words)

	August 2, 2001
		The HCR, in turn, is under the direct command and control of a FAP commander on the ground.
		The HCR serves as the relay between the Peruvian command center and the Peruvian interceptor aircraft.
		When control centers (ground and/or air radars) become aware of an overflight of any aircraft, they will attempt to identify it through coordination with other control centers and airport towers and correlation of flight plans and other sources of information.
	www.state.gov /g/inl/rls/rpt/pir/index.cfm?docid=4397 (6457 words)

	cannabisnews.com: CIA Crew Urged Caution About Plane, Official Says
		The three-member American crew, contracted by the CIA as part of U.S. anti-drug efforts in Latin America, repeatedly appealed to a Peruvian air force liaison on board their flight for additional measures to check the identity of the suspect plane and force it to land peacefully, the official said.
		Following standard procedures, the Peruvian air force officer in the jungle city of Pucallpa checked whether the plane was on an approved flight plan but was unable to find one.
		While the Peruvian air force launched an A-37B jet to intercept the unidentified aircraft, the Peruvian officer aboard the CIA plane tried to contact it on three different radio frequencies in Spanish, the U.S. official said.
	www.cannabisnews.com /news/thread9463.shtml (3298 words)

	Peruvian Air Force Conceals UFO Information
		The disclosure, says Mario Zegarra, a [UFO researcher] would prove that man is only a primitive creature in the face of extraterrestrial intelligence.
		In 1966, an extraterrestrial object came in for a landing at the Talara air base.
		In this regard, anyone who dares disclose secret documents kept in any army, police or air base could even be "terminated".
	www.rense.com /general65/peruvianairforceconceals.htm (608 words)

	CNN.com - Details of missionary shoot down disputed - April 23, 2001
		The air force also said pilot Kevin Donaldson did not respond to attempts at radio communication from the military plane.
		U.S. officials said Sunday that the Peruvian Air Force authorized the shooting despite "serious concerns" from the crew flying the U.S. counter-drug surveillance plane that was the first to alert the Peruvian Air Force pilot of the Cessna.
		Haskell said the Peruvian government had impounded the plane, which crashed in the Amazon River near the town of Huanta.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /2001/US/04/23/peru.plane (897 words)

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