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\ delivered the B-26's to Kelly Air Force Base, Agency representatives would then take over and would ferry the B-26's "black" to an operational location. It was stated: Once the aircraft had departed Kelly Air Force Base, they would proceed "black" to a Latin American covert training loca- tion for training of indigenous crews. At this location and at all times after the delivery of the aircraft to the site, the aircraft will be owned by a foreign Agency proprietary organization. This organization will have purchased the aircraft from another US Commercial com- pany who [sial had owned and maintat~~~ the aircraft at a location in tlie Far East. An inquiry into the history of the aircraft OWI'!e:Lsnip, would reveal that they ~~re originally purchased in the Far East from Air Force surplus a num~~r of years ago, and subsequently B61d to a New York broker who in turn sold them to a Latin American Company. It would be further explained that the aircraft proceeded direct from the Far East to the Latin American site. 50/* There seemed to be no question that the presence of B-26's at Eglin, Kelly, or possibly other of the * It is not known whether the four B-26's were de- livered as scheduled in August or not. It was reported that between 23-26 September 1960 there were two B-26's at Eglin and four at Kelly. The two at Eglin may have been the ones borrowed from the D. C. Air National Guard, and the four at Kelly may have been those scheduled for August delivery. JMADD expressed a desire to have a dual combat configured B-26 included among the four aircraft ready for delivery -- presum- ably one of the four at Kelly. 50a/