Tepper Aviation

Tepper Aviation

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 appears to have close links with Crestview Aerospace Corporation, as it shares the same address, and Charles R. Shanklin is a director of both companies. Additionally, Tepper director Jack E. Owen was President of Crestview Aerospace until 2001. L-3 Communications agreed to acquire Crestview Aerospace Corporation on 24 May 2006 for $135 million in cash.