Intermountain Aviation

Intermountain performed covert operations for the CIA in Southeast Asia and elsewhere during the Vietnam War era.Intermountain's main base of operations was Marana Army Air Field near Tucson, Arizona.During its years in operation, Intermountain used several types of aircraft including the Curtiss C-46 Commando, the Lockheed L-188 Electra, the de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou and DHC-6 Twin Otter.One of Intermountain's covert missions was Project Coldfeet, in which intelligence operatives were dropped in the Arctic to reconnoiter an abandoned Soviet drift station and then recovered using a Fulton Skyhook recovery system mounted on an Intermountain B-17 Flying Fortress.[1] Intermountain is alleged to have been involved in the delivery of a number of A-26 Invader bombers to be flown by Cuban exile pilots supporting the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
Boeing B-17G used in Project Coldfeet
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