Franklin J. Camper (born 1946) is a former American soldier and known mercenary, several newspapers and radio stations reported that he was involved in the Air India bombings in the 1980s, Air India Flight 182 was an Air India flight operating on the Toronto–Montreal–London–Delhi route, on which day was it destroyed by a bomb?
Frank Camper Franklin J. Camper (born 1946) is a former American soldier and known mercenary. He has written both non-fiction and fiction books about his service in Vietnam with the 4th Infantry Division's Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP), and also books related to military tactics and how to survive as a mercenary. Prior to becoming an author, Frank Camper spent almost 2 decades as a mercenary. Several newspapers and radio stations reported that he was involved in the Air India bombings in the 1980s, noting that he trained one of the Sikh bombers at his mercenary school headquartered in Dolomite,AKA "The Bunker". The actual "mercenary school" was located about 20 miles west of Dolomite, Alabama. Alabama Camper stated that he was unaware of the Sikh's plans.
Dawson's Field hijackings In September 1970, four jet airliners bound for New York City and one for London were hijacked by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Three aircraft were forced to land at Dawson's Field, a remote desert airstrip near Zarka, Jordan, formerly a British Royal Air Force base, one that then become PFLP's "Revolutionary Airport". By the end of the incident, one hijacker had been killed and one injury reported. This was the second instance of mass aircraft hijacking, after an escape from communist Czechoslovakia in 1950.