Southern Air Transport

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Southern Air Transport

Southern Air Transport Boeing 747-200
IATA ICAO Callsign SJ[1] SJM[1] –
Commenced operations	1947
Ceased operations	1998
Fleet size	See 1982 fleet below
Parent company	Pacific Corporation (1960–1973)
Headquarters	Miami, Florida, U.S.
Key people	F. C. "Doc" Moor Stanley G. Williams James H. Bastian

Southern Air Transport (SAT), based in Miami, Florida, was a cargo airline best known as a front company for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (1960–1973) and for its crucial role in the Iran-Contra scandal in the mid-1980s. During the affair, Southern Air transported arms to Iran and to the US-backed stateless mercenary army in Central America known as the Contras, which were fighting the revolutionary Sandinista government in Nicaragua.