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  • Operation URGENT FURY proves OSI readiness in Grenada

    OSI continued to address two unique challenges throughout the 1970s and 1980s: a rise in terrorist activity and the development of a comprehensive wartime mission plan. The counterintelligence mission dictated agents provide support to combatant commanders under a variety of conditions and

  • ASP in Thailand 1965-1972 (Part 2)

    U.S. Air Force bases in Thailand were vulnerable to the same kinds of attacks as air bases in Vietnam. The Area Source Program (ASP-T) was fully operational before the first attack occurred in July 1968. However, several challenges hampered the effectiveness of the program initially.

  • The ASP in Thailand and base-level fraud 1962-1972 (Part 1)

    The Area Source Program (ASP) in Thailand was the heart of OSI’s mission there during the Vietnam War, as Air Force facilities in the country were continually subjected to attack by rockets, mortars and sappers (combat engineers trained as infantry personnel in defensive and offensive operations).

  • The creation of the AST

    Following Operation DESERT STORM in 1991, U.S. forces began Operation SOUTHERN WATCH to enforce United Nations sanctions imposed on Iraq. Some U.S. forces operated out of bases in Saudi Arabia. Specifically, members of the 4404th Fighter Wing (Provisional) lived at the Khobar Towers compound on King

  • OSI cracks espionage ring in Japan

    In May 1987, Office of Special Investigations agents at District Office 46 in Tokyo, working with the local Metropolitan Police Department, uncovered an espionage ring involving four countries and both Soviet intelligence agencies. The ring served the Soviet Union and China by obtaining Air Force

  • OSI counterespionage program nabs Soviet spy

    In the mid-1980s, Col. Vladimir Makarovich Izmaylov, a Soviet national serving as an Air Force attaché at the Russian Embassy, attempted to recruit an Air Force officer assigned to the National Capital Region as a spy. When the officer reported the offer to the FBI and OSI, both agencies agreed that

  • Operation EAGLE FLIGHT

    During the 1980s, OSI agents investigated a number of cases where it was alleged that contractors had defrauded the Air Force by providing faulty aircraft parts. When agents presented these investigations to a U.S. Attorney for prosecution, often the contractor would testify that they purchased the

  • The OSI Forensic Science Program – Yesterday and Today

    The resolution of violent crime is one of the Office of Special Investigations’ top mission priorities. Most homicides are resolved because either witnesses come forth to identify the perpetrator or overwhelming evidence points to the identity of the murderer. After 1974, OSI could also call on the

  • Jeffrey Martin Carney: An AF deserter turned spy

    In 1982, Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Carney served in Germany as a linguist and cryptographer. He studied the German language, culture and history and became fascinated with the Nazi era. His sympathies stemmed partially from seeing himself as an unfortunate underdog, much as many Germans had done before the