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UNCLAS STATE 128866 
 
SIPDIS 
PRETORIA FOR MADELINE SEIDENSTRICKER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC KOMC SF
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK 
ON LICENSE 050174483 
 
REF: 2006 BLUE LANTERN GUIDEBOOK 
 
¶1. This is an Action Request.  See paragraphs 2-4. 
 
¶2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls 
Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in 
conducting a post-shipment check on license 050174483 for 
the export of one (1) International Traffic in Arms 
(ITAR)-controlled Bell UH-1H helicopter to South Africa. 
Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern 
inquiry within 45 days.  Lack of response to a Blue 
Lantern inquiry will affect pending and future licenses 
involving parties to this license. 
 
¶3. Reason for request: Foreign end-user is a non-military 
entity; verify compliance with Proviso 1 of the license 
approval. 
 
¶4. ACTION: The Department requests that Post confirm that the 
foreign end-user, Leading Edge Aviation, is in continued 
possession of the aircraft and that it is being used for the 
purpose stated on the license application. Post is also asked 
to verify that the subject helicopter is not militarily 
configured and that all fixed hard-points have been removed, 
as was required prior to export of the aircraft per Proviso 1 
(see para 4) of the license approval. 
 
END ACTION. 
 
¶5. Details of license application: 
 
DTC CASE:  050174483 
 
QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 
 
1 - Bell UH-1H Helicopter, used condition 
 
License Value: 850,000.00 USD 
 
(COMMENT: According to US Customs data, the helicopter was 
exported on 9 July 2009. END COMMENT) 
 
SELLER: 
 
Billings Flying Services Inc. 
6309 Jellison Road 
Billings, MT 59101 
Tel: 406-252-6937 
POC: Gerhart Blain 
 
FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: 
 
Leading Edge Aviation CC 
Hangar A-1 Nelspruit Municipal Airport 
Nelspruit 1200 
South Africa 
Tel: 013-741-3654 
POC: Charmaine Jackson 
Email: jackson@soft.co.za 
 
FOREIGN END-USER: 
 
Leading Edge Aviation CC 
Hangar A-1 Nelspruit Municipal Airport 
Nelspruit 1200 
South Africa 
Tel: 013-741-3654 
POC: Charmaine Jackson 
Email: jackson@soft.co.za 
 
PURPOSE: 
 
Leading Edge Aviation intends to use this helicopter for 
fighting forest fires in South Africa. 
 
¶6. Submitted in support of license application 050183769 were 
the following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to 
Post upon request): 
 
--Purchase Order from Leading Edge Aviation, dated 3 June 
¶2009. 
 
--Non-Transfer and Use Certificate (DSP-83), signed by Mark 
Arthur Jackson of Leading Edge Aviation and M.M. Mogotsi, 
Deputy Director: HPU, Office of the Defense Secretary, dated 
11 June 2009. 
 
--Department of State License for Permanent Export of 
Unclassified Defense Articles and Related Unclassified 
Technical Data, signed 11 June 2009, approved 6 July 2009. 
 
¶7. Please slug reply for PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR 
and include the words "Blue Lantern" and the case number in 
the subject line.  POC is Meredith Sundlof. Phone: 
202-663-3455; Email: SundlofME@state.gov; SIPRNET: 
SundlofME@state.sgov.gov.  The Blue Lantern Guidebook (ref) 
is available as a PDF file at 
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Blue Lantern End-Use 
Monitoring Program. 
 
¶8. Department is grateful for Post's assistance in this 
matter. 
CLINTON