The State Department's March 1997 Congressional Presentation for Foreign Operations reported that transfer of Excess Defense Articles to Honduras "is consistent with U.S. foreign policy objectives of interdicting narcotics trafficking and enabling the Honduran Armed Forces to better conduct disaster relief and search and rescue missions...EDA boats, vehicles, and helicopters will be important for continued progress in this area as well as the other aforementioned missions."¹

States the February 2005 request for 2006 aid, "EDA will contribute to Honduras’ counterterrorism capacities, strengthen narcotics trafficking interdiction efforts, and enable the Honduran Armed Forces (HOAF) to better conduct disaster relief and search and rescue missions." [²]

2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998

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Other site:

• "Bus Granted to Honduran Air Force Academy," By Pfc Terrence L. Hayes. From "The Iguana Online," Joint Task Force Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras.

Sources:

¹ United States, Department of State, Office of Resources, Plans and Policy, Congressional Presentation for Foreign Operations, Fiscal Year 1998 (Washington: March 1997): 409.

² United States, Department of State, Office of Resources, Plans and Policy, Congressional Presentation for Foreign Operations, Fiscal Year 2006 (Washington: February 2005) <http://www.state.gov/m/rm/rls/cbj/2006/>.

³ United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Excess Defense Articles online database <http://www.dsca.osd.mil/home/excess_defense_articles_bbs.htm>.

⁴ United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Excess Defense Articles online database <http://www.dsca.osd.mil/home/excess_defense_articles_bbs.htm>.

⁵ United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Excess Defense Articles online database <http://www.dsca.osd.mil/home/excess_defense_articles_bbs.htm>.

⁶ United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Excess Defense Articles Furnished Foreign Countries Under Section 516 of The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, As Amended (Washington: July 1999).

United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Excess Defense Articles online database <http://www.dsca.osd.mil/home/excess_defense_articles_bbs.htm>.

⁷ United States, Department of State, Department of Defense, Foreign Military Assistance Act Report To Congress, Fiscal Year 1996 (Washington: September 1997).

United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Excess Defense Articles online database <http://www.dsca.osd.mil/home/excess_defense_articles_bbs.htm>.

⁸ United States, Department of State, Department of Defense, Foreign Military Assistance Act Report To Congress, Fiscal Year 1996 (Washington: September 1997).

United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Excess Defense Articles online database <http://www.dsca.osd.mil/programs/eda/results.asp>.