Tanker Aircraft That Crashed Near Walker was Former CIA Plane A federal investigator has revealed that some maintenance records for a C-130A firefighting aircraft that broke up in mid-air near Walker are missing, apparently because the plane flew spy missions for the CIA. George Petterson of the National Transportation Safety Board told The Associated Press the plane was used for a time as an electronic surveillance aircraft for the Central Intelligence Agency. Maintenance records from that period are unavailable. As a result, NTSB investigators cannot determine the flight history of the four-engine aircraft. The aircraft was used in fighting...