Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BOGOTA7387
2006-08-14 15:57:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Bogota
Cable title:
COLOMBIA GRANTS CLEARANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM AND
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UNCLAS BOGOTA 007387
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
PM FOR ISO
HQ USAF FOR A3SPI
KEESLER AFB FOR 53WRS DO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR MOPS EAIR SENV CO
SUBJECT: COLOMBIA GRANTS CLEARANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM AND
HURRICANE RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS THROUGH END OF YEAR
REF: STATE 86695
(SBU) Per reftel, post requested "blanket" approval from the
GOC for short and no-notice weather observation flights over
Colombian territory, including the Department of San Andres
and Providencia. Civil aviation authorities and the
Colombian AIR FORCE have granted blanket approval for weather
observation flights through December 31, 2006. Permission
can be extended by request. In granting permission for such
flights, civil aviation authorities noted that the AIR space
over San Andres and Providencia is controlled by the GOC
under 20,000 feet; over 20,000 feet, the AIR space is
controlled by Panama. Weather observation and reconnaissance
authorization is limited to those aircraft with the tail
numbers provided in reftel.
WOOD
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
PM FOR ISO
HQ USAF FOR A3SPI
KEESLER AFB FOR 53WRS DO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR MOPS EAIR SENV CO
SUBJECT: COLOMBIA GRANTS CLEARANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM AND
HURRICANE RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS THROUGH END OF YEAR
REF: STATE 86695
(SBU) Per reftel, post requested "blanket" approval from the
GOC for short and no-notice weather observation flights over
Colombian territory, including the Department of San Andres
and Providencia. Civil aviation authorities and the
Colombian AIR FORCE have granted blanket approval for weather
observation flights through December 31, 2006. Permission
can be extended by request. In granting permission for such
flights, civil aviation authorities noted that the AIR space
over San Andres and Providencia is controlled by the GOC
under 20,000 feet; over 20,000 feet, the AIR space is
controlled by Panama. Weather observation and reconnaissance
authorization is limited to those aircraft with the tail
numbers provided in reftel.
WOOD