NORTH CAROLINA
STOP TORTURE NOW

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N478GS Photographed at KFAY, November 28

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Scottish Allies Redouble Efforts, Assemble Monitoring Team

Feb. 29 - Members of the group Scotland Against Criminalising Communities have arranged to get alerts of incoming flights transmitted to members' mobile phones in order to increase chances they'll see and photograph incoming aircraft.

You can moniotor airports in your area by signing up for alerts at Terminal Air o

GUIDANCE:

There is no control tower at Johnston County Airport. (KJNX) Therefore, pilots of aircraft planning to land or depart there use a pre-arranged frequency to let other flyers know where their aircraft are at and where they're headed.

To monitor these conversations, tune a VHF scanner to: 122.8 MHz

Approach and departure is handled via Raleigh-Durham International, but can be monitored at JNX via: 125.8 MHz.

Aero Contractors' hangars are located just off-image to the left of the second perpendicular of tarmac intersecting the runway as one looks from the south end of the runway shown here: http://www.fltplan.com/AirportInformation/JNX.htm

Airplanes land and take off into the wind. So, when the wind is out of the south, aircraft must taxi past the public portion of the terminal located approximately at 3149 Swiftcreek Road, Clayton/Smithfield, NC.

Where Are Rendition Aircraft Flying Today? - Terminal Air's Live flight data is no longer available via the preceding link. We are actively interested in hearing from those with computer skills that could help us acquire and share this data. Please CONTACT US if you can help.

PLANESPOTTING LOG:

DATE	N-Number	Where?	Other Data
2007 - Nov 28	N478GS	FAY*	Reports note crash with substantial damage in Bucharest, during 2004. Previous landings in Bagram, Andrews AFB, and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
2007 - Oct. 26	N5155A	JNX as photographed here	Reports tell of a plane returning from overseas via Goose, Newfoundland , and Manchester , NH . The European Parliament report lists this plane as involved in renditions. It’s owned by Aviation Specialties, a CIA shell company.
2007 - Aug. 29	N475LC	FAY*	Recent flights to Shannon, owned by a CIA front company.
2007 - Aug. 09	N196D	JNX	Canadian Reports Danish Report
2007 - July 24	N168D	JNX	Registration

* - Credible reports suggest Centurion Aviation Services (based at Fayetteville Regional/ Grannis Field - KFAY) is linked to the CIA and potentially to rendition flights. Scores of rendition-linked aircraft have flown from KFAY to Johnston County airport (KJNX). Some investigators suspect that the proximity of KFAY to Ft. Bragg implicates soldiers, sailors and other service members attached to the Special Operations Command with involvement in renditions operations.

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Irish allies arrested meeting N478GS on arrival at Shannon

NCSTN planespotters had photographed the rendition-linked aircraft at Fayetteville Regional / Grannis Field, November 28

N478GS arrived at Shannon 1:30 a.m., November 29. Two Irish allies, alerted by NCSTN went to the airport in the public viewing gallery and had already requested the police to search the plane if it arrived. Instead, police arrived and arrested the anti-torture activists as the plane arrived at the terminal building.

The activists were released after about an hour.

Via e-mail, one of the activists wrote: "It will become an important test case to challenge why the Irish police have not (been) investigating or searching these CIA planes ..."

The plane they met has been linked to secret prisons served by rendition flights was photograhed on the tarmac at Fayetteville Regional, November 28.

This twin-engine Gulfstream IV (pictured at right) with FAA registration number N478GS is the one that crash-landed in Romania last year, and is registered to L-3 IS, LLC of Great Falls, Montana. (Click on the image to see a more detailed picture.)

In September 2006, The Chicago Tribune reported that FAA records "show that ... in addition to numerous visits to Europe and the Middle East, (this aircraft) made repeated landings at a half-dozen U.S. Air Force and Navy installations, including Andrews Air Force Base, near Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where hundreds of suspected terrorists are incarcerated."

Centurion Aviation Services of Fayetteville operated the Gulfstream on behalf of its owners when it crashed in Bucharest.

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NCSTN planespotters hustled to Johnston County Airport on the eve of our Peace Rally and Walk of Remembrance of Victims and Survivors of War and Torture

Click the image to see an enlarged view. Here are reports from the European Parliament about the aircraft's link to rendition flights.

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NCSTN plane spotters photograph another suspicious aircraft at Fayetteville airfield, August 29

Two planespotters photographed another rendition-linked aircraft at Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Airfield. This aircraft is registered to L-3 IS LLC, a Great Falls, Montana company thought to be yet another brass plate company doing front work for the CIA.

The aircraft is a Gulfstream IV and arrived from an airfield in Crestview, Florida where another front company, Tepper Aviation is based.

August flight logs show the aircraft barnstorming the southeast and landing at Shannon airfield near Dublin, Ireland.

Aircraft above is N475LC at Fayetteville Regional (KFAY), click on the image to see in greater detail. The aircraft in the foreground is unrelated to extraordinary rendition. However, the image above can be verified by checking the Cessna's tail number -- N7551S -- in FlightAware.com (the site requires users to register, but the basic services provided are free)

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NCSTN plane spotters photograph another suspcious aircraft at Aero Contractors' headquarters, August 9

An anonymous plane spotter reported spotting another suspicious aircraft landing for service at Aero Contractors headquarters at Johnston County Airport. The aircraft was a CASA CN-235-300, with tail number N196D, registered to Devon Holding and Leasing, Inc. of Lexington, NC.

This plane has been the subject of Canadian and Danish parliamentary inquiries in connection with CIA rendition flights.

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NCSTN plane spotters see a Ghost Plane
at Johnston County Airport, July 24

Two NCSTN activists identified and photographed (below) a ghost plane near Aero Contractors headquarters on July 24, 2007. This was a CASA CN-235-300, with tail number N168D, registered to Devon Holding and Leasing, Inc. of Lexington, NC.
(Click on the image to see greater detail.)

The company, widely reported as a CIA front, has blocked tracking of this aircraft via FlightAware.com.

As we continue watching Johnston County Airport (KJNX), the Kinston JetPort (KISO), and Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field (KFAY), sightings of suspicious aircraft will be recorded and available at NCSTN's plane spotting resource page. 

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updated 07 April 2008, JMcI