Cablegate: Air Bridge Denial: May 2005 Program Update

This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS BOGOTA 005880

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

DEPARTMENT FOR INL/LP

E.O 12358: N/A
TAGS: SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
SUBJECT: AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: MAY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE

REF: 2003 STATE 265910

1. (U) This is the May, 2005, Air Bridge Denial (ABD)
activity report required by reftel. There were no Phase
I/II/III events during this period.

2. (SBU) In May, 2005, 3,011 tracks were noted over
Colombia, of which 37 were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect
(UAS) aircraft. Five were eventually identified as friendly
and one was declared invalid by JIATF-S. Of the 31
remaining, the GOC reacted to 19 UAS, none of which could be
located. The GOC did not react to 12 UAS: five were outside
Colombian borders, three were in international waters, two
were in weather covered areas, one had old information, and
one was beyond range.

Flight Operations
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3. (SBU) In May, 2005, the Citations flew 192 hours on 72
missions with an operational readiness rate of 95 percent.
Forty-three missions were flown on host-nation
intelligence/radar patrols; eighteen were flown for ROTHR
responses; six for training; four for operational support;
and one for reaction to GOC information. The P-3/E3 AEW
aircraft flew missions over Colombia on three days during
May.

4. (SBU) To date in 2005, there have been two Phase III
events. The GOC destroyed two aircraft, one Phase I, six
Law Enforcement End Games (including one of the Phase IIIs
and the Phase I), one arrest, five aircraft administratively
impounded and 600 kilos of cocaine impounded.

WOOD

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