Tepper Aviation
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| Founded | 1987 |
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| Hubs | Bob Sikes Airport |
| Headquarters | Crestview, Florida, USA |
| Website | Official page |
Tepper Aviation, Inc. is based at the Bob Sikes Airport in Crestview, Florida. The company has a long association with the CIA. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was widely reported to be flying weapons into Angola to arm the UNITA rebels. More recently, it has been linked with the practice of extraordinary rendition.
Tepper Aviation is a privately held aerospace company with operating a fleet of Lockheed L-100 Hercules aircraft and is one of the largest civilian operators of L-100/L-382 aircraft.
In early 1989, the UK Independent reported Tepper's involvement in Angola:
Peddy died months later in the crash of Hercules aircraft N9205T in Angola, as reported by Flight International:
According to The Book of Honor by Ted Gup, Peddy was the head of Tepper at the time:
Gup's book identifies Gracie T. Petty as Petty's widow.
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