Use of images from the collections of the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center is strictly prohibited by law without prior written consent from the copyright holders. The responsibility for the use of these materials rests exclusively with the user. The Bradley Center may assist in obtaining copyright/licensing permission to use images from the Richard Cross collection. http://www.csun.edu/bradley-center/contact
Description
A U.S. flight instructor with aviator sunglasses stands next to a Cessna A-37 Dragonfly, a light attack aircraft, at the Ilopango military air base in El Salvador. A Salvadoran soldier sits in the plane's cockpit. U.S. advisors were providing training assistance to Salvadoran soldiers as part of the United States counterinsurgency training. The base, whose pilots were mostly trained in the United States, was run by General Juan Rafael Bustillo. The general was charged in 2017 for the El Mozote Massacre, where approximately 1,000 people were executed by the Atlacatl Battalion during “Operation Rescate” in December 1981. More than half of the victims were children and adolescents. Starting in Spring 1983, the Ilopango Military Base became the center of CIA operations in support of Nicaraguan Contras. Un piloto estadounidense con gafas de sol de aviador yace parado junto a un Cessna A-37 Dragonfly, un avión de ataque ligero, en la base militar Ilopango en San Salvador. Un soldado salvadoreño se observa sentado en la cabina del avión. La base militar, cuyos pilotos fueron entrenados principalmente en los Estados Unidos, fue dirigida por General Juan Rafael Bustillo. El general fue acusado en el 2017 de la masacre de El Mozote, donde aproximadamente 1.000 personas fueron ejecutadas por la manos del batallón Atlacatl durante la “Operación Rescate” en diciembre de 1981. Más de la mitad de las víctimas fueron niños y adolescentes. A partir de la primavera de 1983, la base militar Ilopango fue convertida en el centro de operaciones de la CIA en apoyo a las contras nicaragüenses.
El Salvador. Ejército Counterinsurgency El Salvador--History--1979-1992 United States--Foreign relations--El Salvador United States. Army Cessna aircraft
If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.
Share your story
Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.
