“On 23 January 2025, Basler Turbo Conversions…delivered the two most recently finished BT-67s…to an unknown customer in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Both were finished in overall gray colors, without any company or operator markings. This raised speculation that they were destined for a CIA front company.” — Aerospace Global News, January 30, 2025.

Basler Turbo Conversions of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was founded in 1990 to convert existing Douglas C-47 Skytrain and DC-3 Dakota airframes into modernized and upgraded BT-67 aircraft in order to extend their serviceable life. They are currently operated by the air forces of Colombia (6), Guatemala (1), Mali (1), Mauritania (1), and Thailand (7), and by civilian organizations in Australia, Canada, China, Germany, South Africa (1), the United Kingdom, and

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