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	JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF MESSAGE CENTER	
	OTTCZFF4 RUESQLA1328 0491640	
0
	IMMEDIATE	
	1/0 181624Z FEB 81 ZFF4	
	FM AMEMBASSY QUITO	(D
	TO RUEhC/SECSTATE WASHOC NIACT IMMEDIATE 9504	
	RUESLM/AMEMBASSY LIMA-NIACT IMMEDIATE 5485	
	RUESUZ/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA NIACT IMMEDIATE 559	
	INFO RUESBA/AMEMBASSY BUENOS' AIRES IMMEDIATE 1631	
	RUESNA/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO IMMEDIATE 2399	
	RUESGY/AMCONSUL GUAYAQUIL IMMEDIATE 5236	
	RULPALJ/USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PN IMMEDIATE	
	BT	
		
	C 0 N F 1 .0 E N T I A L	
	LIMITE-cr-OFF.ICIAL USE QUITO 1.328.	
	E.O. 12065: N/A	
	T`AGS-* EAIRt PBGm
C-C.	
	SUBJECT: MISSING HELICOPTER- SITREP NO.I.	
	REF: QUITO 1311	
	1. AS OF 1000 LOCAL TIME,, FEBRUARY@ 18t AIR'SEARCH FOR	
	OBSERVER COMMISSION MISSING UH-1H HELICOPTER C CNTINUE S.	
	THIS MCRNING, TWO GOE AIR FORCE HELICOPTERS AND THE U.S.	
	C-130 SEARCHED IN THE VICINITY OF YANGANA, LAST XNOWN@	
	POSITION OF THE MISSING HELICOPTER. CLOUDY VIEATHER IMPEDED	
	SEARCH EFFORTS THIS MORNING* BUT REPORTS FROM LCJA INDICATE	
	LLCUD COVER OVER AREA MAY BREAK UP LATER TCDAY. TWO	
	ECUADOREAN ARMY PATROLS ARE.'.CIONTINUING THEI,R GRCUND SEARCH	
	13	
	ACTICN (U16970)	
	INFO NIDS(*) SAGA(*) J3:NMCC(*) J5(*)	
	IADB(*) RDJTF:LO(*) SECOEF:(*) SECDEF(*) USDP(**)	
	NMIC(*) SWS(*) AT(*) VP-A2 FRO(*) DE(*) DEI-2B(*)	
	OB-3E(*) DB-4A(*) 08-5(*) DIA FILE(*) ARMY(5)	
	NAVY(5) AIR fz.ORCE(3)	
	TOTAL' CCPIES REQUIRED 13	
		
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IN AREA*
2. SEARCH AREA IS ABOUT FIVE PILES BY TEN MILES (I.E.,
50 SQUARE MILES). THE AREA IS EXTREMELY RUGGEDI
RANGING BETWEEN 600 METERS AND 3000 METERS IN ALTITUDE.
THERE IS FREQUENT PAIN THIS TIME OF YEAR.
3. THE FOLLOWING PERSONNEL WERE ABCARD TFE UF-lH:
I CREW CHIEFw NO FOREIGN PERSONNEL CN BOARD.
SUPPORT GROUP AT LCJA BELIEVED THEY PICKED UP VCICE
OFF ONCE CN FEBRUARY L79 ABOUT 1200 LCCAL TIME.
.4* AS OF 2000 LOCAL TIME FEBRUARY 171 REFAINING U.S.
HELICOPTER IN LOJA, WAS TAKEN CFF OBSERVER COMMISSION
DUTY AFTER JOINT DECISION OF GSSOUTHCOM AND HELICCPTER
CREW. REASONS ARE THAT HEL.ICOPTER'IS. BEING USED FOR
SEARCHP AND PILOTS DO NOT RECOMMEND FLYING COSEIRVER
CCMMISSIUN MISSIONS UNLESS [HERE IS A SECOND HELICOPTER
TO SERVE AS WING MAN. HELICC-PTER.WILL NOT RESUME .
OBSERVER COMMISSION SERVICE.UNTIL CRDERED TC DCSC.
5. MISSING HELICOPTER SUPPLIED WITH ONE JUNGLE,
SURVIVAL KIT9 FIVE GALLONS OF WATERv ONECASE-C-RATIONSi
FLIGHT JACKETS9 ONE PONCHO LINERt AND'ONE iRORKING
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