Security Aviation: Embryonic Rockabilly Polka-Dotted Fighter Pilots

Alaska's Security Aviation Saga continues with a web of lies and ego, as Anchoragite Rob Kane, self-styled SEAL, spy, mercenary, rodeo cowboy, FBI informant, etc, (not quite graduate of Bartlett High, 1987) builds a L-38 fighter squad with rocket pods and faces the consequences of failing to file paperwork. In other words, it seems like crazy Kane up in the cabin who thinks he's a secret agent, now arrested for a con that went too far.

But he has some heavy hitters as defense counsel, and most interesting, this seemingly endless supply of money for some fairly dangerous toys and personal benefits doesn't dry up.

In their searches, federal agents turned up a somewhat menacing vision for the company. In Security Aviation files, they found a logo design for a patch that featured an L-39 jet superimposed over a globe. In one version, the words "Kane's Killers" were inscribed on the edges of the patch, the indictment says....

In the main office, with Kane's nickname "Commander" on the door, agents found an account card from the Bank of the Middle East, Bronkhorst testified. They found a blank application for permanent residency in the Bahamas. They turned up business cards from Ukraine, Russia and United Arab Emirates, Bronkhorst testified.

In the smaller office, agents found weapons, including what were described as AK-47-type assault rifles and a .50-caliber sniper rifle with a large scope, the agent said.

It's conspiracy theory field day. Have you ever seen a .50 cal rifle? Great for assasinating rutting elephants.

And who else was going to Bartlett High in the early eighties? Valerie Plame.

(Credit the title to an old, surreal Conan O'Brien routine.)