Tepper Aviation

Tepper Aviation, Inc. was a privately held aviation company operating a fleet of Lockheed L-100 Hercules aircraft. On October 11, 2016, Tepper filed papers changing its name to Gulf Air Group, effective in 2017. In 2019, Gulf Air Group opened the Covington Maintenance Center at Southern Alabama Regional Airport in Andalusia, Alabama. In September 2024, Pallas Aviation, previously incorporated in Texas, filed for incorporation in Florida. The principal address was given as 5486 Fairchild Road, Hangar #7, Crestview FL, which is also the address of Gulf Air Group. In addition, the person authorized to manage and control Pallas was the president and CEO of Gulf Air Group.

Tepper was based at the Bob Sikes Airport in Crestview, Florida. The company had a long association with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). In the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was widely reported to be flying weapons into Angola to arm the UNITA rebels. In 2005, the Council of Europe said it was investigating allegations that the CIA was using the company's aircraft for extraordinary rendition transporting suspected terrorists through Europe.