Pan American Field - 36th Street Airport - MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MIA) - Historical Photos Gallery Photo Gallery by Don Boyd at pbase.com

Pan American Field - 36th Street Airport - MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MIA) - Historical Photos Gallery

Pan American World Airways built Pan American Field and it opened on September 15, 1928. It was a very small fraction (1/10th) in size to the current Miami International Airport. Eastern Air Lines and National Air Lines moved from Miami Municipal Airport in north Hialeah to Pan American Field in the 1930's and the airfield became known as the 36th Street Airport. MIA was formed after World War II by combining the former Pan American Field, and airfield that expanded Pan American Field for the 36th Street Airport, with property to the east and west and the former Army Air Corps MIAD airfield on the south side of the Seaboard Air Line railroad tracks that ran east-west to the south of existing runway 8R-26L. The photo at https://pbase.com/image/97866432 is the best visual depiction of how Miami International Airport evolved that I have seen anywhere.

If World War II had not broken out, Miami's International Airport would have been located at the site of Master's Field which was located between NW 27th Avenue and west to the Seaboard Air Line railroad tracks and from NW 106th Street north to approximately NW 123rd Street. But the U. S. Navy took control of Master's Field for military purposes at the start of World War II and the federal government retained the property until the mid-1950's, leaving Dade County with only the 36th Street Airport and surrounding properties as an option for a large international airport.

STRANGE BUT TRUE - THIS SITE IS BANNED BY MDAD AT MIA: For unknown reasons the Information Systems Division at the Miami-Dade Aviation Department, which owns and operates Miami International Airport, has banned my website for all airport-owned computers and apparently the Aviation Director and the county Mayor can not overrule the manager of the division despite the wealth of historical information on the site. Fortunately the information systems manager can not prohibit county employees from viewing my site on their mobile devices and personal computers.

1929 - Fokker Tri-Motor at the dedication of the new passenger terminal at Pan American Field	1929 - Fokker Tri-Motor at the dedication of the new passenger terminal at Pan American Field	1938 - aerial view of south Hialeah, Miami Springs and Pan American Field (center) in Dade County, Florida	1938 - Pan American Field in Dade County, Florida	1942 - 36th Street Airport, forerunner to Miami International Airport
1942 - the first air traffic control tower (#3) at the 36th Street Airport (Pan American Field)	1942 - the terminal for Pan American and Eastern Air Lines at the 36th Street Airport on Pan American Field	1942 - the 36th Street Terminal at Pan American Field	Early 1940s - a new hangar at Pan American Field	1945 - How Miami International was formed from different airports
1945 - closeup of diagram of proposal to combine the 36th Street Airport with the military airfields to the south	1946 - air traffic control tower at Miami Army Air Field, Miami	1946 - the terminal at the 36th Street Airport, Miami International Airport	1945 to 1947 - aerial photo of 36th Street Airport (left) and the Army Air Corps Airfield (right) that were combined to form MIA	1947 - aerial view of what became Miami International Airport looking north-north east
1947 - closeup aerial view of what became Miami International Airport looking north-north east	1948 - air traffic control tower at Miami International Airport, Miami	1948 - the 36th Street Terminal at Miami International Airport	1948 - Byron Creel working on a Lockheed Lodestar at Aerodex in the MIAD section of Miami International Airport	1949 - looking southwest at Miami International Airport with LeJeune Road and NW 36th Street in the foreground
1949 - closeup view of looking southwest at Miami International Airport with LeJeune Road and NW 36th Street in the foreground	Late 1940's-early 1950's - looking east at Miami International Airport (left) and other properties to the right of the railroad	1950 - the main entrance sign to the 36th Street Terminal at Miami International Airport	1950 - Byron Creel receiving an award for having the cleanest shop at Aerodex in the MIAD section of Miami International Airport	1950- Byron Creel, leadman in the sheet metal shop at Aerodex in the MIAD section of Miami International Airport
1952 - the center of Miami International where the new terminal was built in the late 1950's	1952 - aerial view looking ESE at the 36th Street side of Miami International Airport	1952 - temporary air traffic control tower (tower #6) at Miami International Airport, Miami	1952 - Air Traffic Control Tower #7 at Miami International Airport, Miami	1953 - looking north along LeJeune Road from about NW 20th Street north to Okeechobee Road
1953 - FAA Air Traffic Controller Don Innes and another gent at MIA's Tower #8 with Eastern Constellation in the background	1954 - Jimmy Stewart and his wife Gloria arrive in Miami for world premiere of "The Glenn Miller Story" at 3 Miami theatres	1955 - NW 36 Street east of Miami International Airport with old Delta C&S billboard on the right side	1950's - Delta and National DC-6 propliners at the 36th Street Terminal, Miami Intenational Airport	1950's - proposed new Miami International Airport terminal at 20th Street
1955 - Miami Intenational Airport 36th Street Terminal	1957 - the Northwest corner of Miami International Airport	1957 - the Northwest corner of Miami International Airport	1957 - the west side of Miami International with Dressel's Dairy in the background	1957 - the Eastern Air Lines Terminal at Miami International Airport on NW 36th Street
1957 - Entrance to the 36th Street Terminal at Miami International Airport at night with neon lighting	Mid to late 1950's - an Eastern Air Lines DC-7B preparing to takeoff on runway 27L at Miami International Airport	1958 - the front of Miami International Airport 36th Street Terminal	1959 - the new 20th Street Terminal at Miami International Airport	1959 - new 20th Street Terminal at Miami International Airport before the airport hotel was built on top of it
1959 - Eastern Air Lines Lockheed L-1049G Constellation N6240G crash landing at Miami International Airport after airborne fire	1959 - the 36th Street Terminal at Miami International Airport	1959 - the new 20th Street Terminal at Miami International Airport before it opened in February	1959 - the interior of the new passenger terminal at Miami International Airport	1959 - the new 20th Street Terminal at Miami International Airport before the Airport Hotel was added
1959 - the new 20th Street Terminal at Miami International Airport before the Airport Hotel was added	1959 - TWA Constellation on Concourse 3 at the new Miami International Airport terminal before the hotel was added to the roof	1959 - the new 20th Street Terminal at Miami International Airport (hotel not built yet)	1959- the ground level parking lot and the new terminal at Miami International Airport after hotel added	1959 - the front of the new terminal at Miami International Airport
1959 - an Eastern L-188 Electra taxiing away from Concourse 5 with a Pan American DC-7 sits at Concourse 4	1959 - two Eastern Lockheed Constellations on the south side of Concourse 5 at MIA	1959 - Runway 9-right instrument approach plate for Miami International Airport	1960 - the year old 20th Street Terminal at Miami International Airport	1960 - looking north on LeJeune Road east of the new terminal at Miami International Airport
1960 - the northeast corner of Miami International Airport with the old 36th Street Terminal still visible	1960 - the old 36th Street Terminal at MIA with the original Pan American terminal still visible	1960 - Miami International Airport with both the 20th Street and 36th Street Terminals in place	1960 or 1961 - the new 20th Street Terminal at Miami International Airport	Early 1960's - Miami International Airport's new 20th Street Terminal
Early 1960's - the new 20th Street Terminal at Miami International Airport	1961 - Concourse 3 and Miami International Airport terminal	1961 - Concourse 2 and Miami International Airport terminal	1961 - Miami International Airport from TWA B707-131 N739TW parked at the end of Concourse 2	1961 - Concourse 3 at MIA, viewed from the public observation deck at Concourse 4
1962 - Cuban Antonov An-2M crop duster hijacked to Miami International Airport	1962 - advertisement for Delta Air Lines' new Jetways at Miami International Airport	1962 - on approach to MIA's old short narrow runway 9-R in American Airtaxi Piper PA-28 N2194P	1962 - about to land on MIA's old short narrow runway 9-R in American Airtaxi Piper PA-28 N2194P	1962 - taxiing to the gate past a Northeast Airlines Convair 880 on Concourse 3 at MIA in American Airtaxi Piper PA-28 N2194P
1962 - Cuban Antonov An-2M crop duster hijacked to Miami International Airport	1962 - Cuban Antonov An-2M crop duster hijacked to Miami International Airport	November 1962 - Pan Am's original terminal at Pan American Field/Miami International Airport being demolished	1963 - one of the Dade County Port Authority firefighting crews at MIA	November 1963 - Eastern Air Lines gets their first jet bridge on Concourse 5 (now D) at Miami International Airport
1963 - President John F. Kennedy speaking at Miami International Airport 4 days before his assassination	1963 - President John F. Kennedy greeting State Senator W.C."Cliff" Herrell with U. S. Senator George Smathers looking on at MIA	1964 - the north side of MIA looking east at the Pan Am Maintenance Base and Eastern in the background	1964 - aerial view of Miami International Airport taken from a flight departing on runway 9-right	1964 - aerial view of Concourse 1 (now H) at Miami International Airport
1964 - aerial view of Concourses 2 (now G) and 3 (now F) at Miami International Airport	1964 - Braniff International Airways B707-227 at Concourse 5 at Miami International Airport	1960's - parking lot, terminal and airport hotel at Miami International Airport	1960's - the southwest corner of Miami International Airport	1965 - a view of Miami International Airport from the north side of Concourse 4
1960's - a dubious postcard featuring Miami International Airport	1965 - Delta stewardesses modeling their uniforms on the ramp east of Concourse 1 (now H) at Miami International Airport	1966 - National stewardesses modeling the latest inflight uniforms on Concourse 3 at Miami International Airport	1967 - Miami International Airport's tower #8 and terminal from Concourse 4's observation deck	1968 - MIA FAA Operations Officer Benny Dale promoted to FAA Chief of Dothan, Alabama FSS
1968 - Miami International Airport's Northwest Corner and eastward to runway 17/35	1968 - 20th Street Terminal area at Miami International Airport with identifying labels	Late 1960's - Concourse 4 and the 20th Street Terminal at Miami International Airport	Late 1960's - Concourse 4 and the 20th Street Terminal at Miami International Airport	1970 to 1973 - view of Concourse 4 (now E) from the airport hotel.
Early 1970s - the terminal at Miami International Airport	1970 - Northeast Airlines annual charity flight benefitting Variety Children's Hospital (B727-295 N1650)	1971 - Eastern B747-121 N731PA taking off from runway 9L beyond Eastern B747-121 N737PA parked on the end of Concourse 5 at MIA	1972 - Miami International Airport terminal and parking garages	1972 - TWA B747-131 N93104 visits MIA on a charter by Fedders
1972 - Northwest Airlines B747-151 N602US after running off the end of runway 27L at MIA	1973 - Eastern's Corporate Headquaters in Building 16 (left)	1974 - an Air Haiti Curtiss C-46 Commando landing on MIA's 9-left	1975 - British Airways B747-100 taking off with the National Airlines Maintenance Base in the background	1975 - a view from the FAA Control Tower of the hotel, parking garages and the National maintenance base
1976 - short final approach to runway 9-left at Miami International Airport	1976 - short final approach to runway 9-left at Miami International Airport	1976 - short final approach to runway 9-left at Miami International Airport	1976 - short final approach to runway 9-left at Miami International Airport	1976 - view of old Concourse E and the new E-Satellite under construction
1977 - cargo Lockheed L-749A Constellation N6021C on the military ramp at MIA	1977 - Braniff Airways DC8-62 N1805 in the Alexander Calder design	1977 - Air Florida B727-76 N91891 on gate D-4 at Miami International Airport	1977 - Delta Air Lines (ex-Northeast Airlines) B727-95 N1635 west of gate H-9 at MIA	1978 - Aerocondor Colombia, the first Latin American airline to operate the Airbus A300 to Miami International Airport
1978 - one of the first Gate Control plotting boards used by the airport to assign gates	1978 - Constellation N1007C, Aerocondor's A300 HK-2057, Air New Zealand and National DC-10's and a DC-6 at the E-Satellite	November 1978 - Western Airlines DC10-10 N907WA taking off on 9L at Miami International Airport	November 1978 - Western Airlines DC10-10 N907WA climbing out from 9L at Miami International Airport	1979 - National becomes the first airline at Miami International to have their own Immigrations and Customs facility
1979 - U. S. Coast Guard Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard from Air Station Miami at Miami International Airport	1979 - Ecuatoriana B720-023B HC-AZP on Concourse F at Miami International Airport	1979 - one of my buddies escorting the daily British Airways B747-100 to the gate at MIA with a Western DC-10 in the background	Late 1970's - a Western Airlines B720B and DC-10 at Concourse C at Miami International Airport	1979 - Western Airlines DC10-10 taking off on 9-left at Miami International Airport
1979 - a VIASA DC10-30 landing on runway 30 as a Marco Island Airways Martin M-404 taxies in	1979 - American Airlines B747-123(SF) Freighter N9673 taking off on runway 9-L at MIA while wet-leased to Pan Am Cargo	1979 - World Airways B747 at Miami International Airport	1979 - Continental Airlines DC10-10 N68051 taking off on runway 9-R at Miami International Airport	Late 1970's - Air Canada B747-100 with baboon nose taxiing in to the gate
1979 - Aeromexico DC10-30 XA-DUG "Ciudad de Mexico" rotating from runway 9-left at MIA	1980 - the trains begin operation between the E-Satellite Terminal and main terminal at MIA	1981 - Air Florida poster announcing new service to London (Gatwick) starting April 3, 1981	1981 - Eastern Airlines Lockheed L-1011 N333EA taking off on runway 12 at Miami International Airport	1983 - view from the new FAA tower under construction on the west side of MIA
1983 - British Airways B747, Eastern Airlines A-300, Air Jamaica B727, Air Florida DC-10 and B737 and Pan Am B727 at MIA	1983 - the General Aviation Center back ramp and NW 62nd Avenue at Miami International Airport	1983 - the General Aviation Center front and back ramps at Miami International Airport	1983 - National Commuter Nord-262, Pan Am DC-10, Air Canada B727 and TWA B707 at Miami International Airport	1984 - County Manager's letter authorizing MIA's Gate Controllers to a one pay step increase in pay
1984 - British Airways Concorde First Flight to Miami from London postal cachet	1984 - the first British Airways Concorde (G-BOAC) departure flight from Miami International Airport	1984 - United Air Lines DC-10-10 N1829U taking off on runway 12 at Miami International Airport	1984 - Air Florida B737-222 N61AF on approach to runway 30 at Miami International Airport	1984 - 11 aircraft used by Air Florida parked at Miami International after they ceased operations
1984 - 9 aircraft used by Air Florida parked at Miami International after they ceased operations	1985 - a British Airways Concorde and two DC-3's parked on E-Satellite remote positions at sunset	Early 1986 - dedication of the new FAA ATC Tower #9 with the Goodyear Blimp and the British Airways Concorde	1986 - construction of the tunnel under new runway 12/30 at Miami International Airport	1986 - a nice variety of airlines (see below) at MIA during construction of the tunnel under new runway 12/30
1986 - one of the Metro-Dade Aviation Department fire department crews with Foam 5 at MIA	1986 - Pan Am B747-SP21 N533PA "Clipper New Horizons" "Flight 50" taking off at Miami International Airport	1988 - British Airways Concorde G-BOAE rocketing off runway 9-left at MIA	1988 - Miami International Airport and downtown Miami in the background	1988 - Concourse E and the E-Satellite at Miami International Airport
1988 - Boeing 727 taking off on runway 12 at Miami International Airport viewed from the west	Late 1980's - British Airways Concourse G-BOAB taking off	1990 - British Airways Concorde G-BOAA with condensation on top of the delta wing landing on runway 30 at MIA	1990 - British Airways Concorde G-BOAA with condensation on top of the delta wing landing on runway 30 at MIA	1990 - British Airways Concorde G-BOAA with condensation on top of the delta wing landing on runway 30 at MIA
Early 1990s - Miami International Airport	April 2002 - the last American Airlines Boeing 727-200 to depart Miami International Airport	2006 - Concourses C and D at Miami International Airport	2006 - Concourses A at Miami International Airport (#0595)	2006 - Concourse A, the Central Chiller Plant and the new South Terminal and Concourse J under construction in the background
2007 - aerial stock photo of old Concourse C, temporary Concourse C bag sheds, and D-Tower at Miami International Airport	2007 - aerial photo of Concourse A, the Central Chiller Plant, and Concourse J/South Terminal at Miami International Airport	2007 - the Miami Intermodal Center (MIC) under construction east of Miami International Airport	September 2007 - the first international arrival and first international departure on MIA's new Concourse J	July 2009 - the former National Airlines widebody hangar, designed by Francis Telesca, now used by American Airlines
2009 - a view of the gate plotting software on a monitor with a print of the old manual gate board in the upper right corner	2009 - center terminal lobby (right) compared to original terminal lobby (left)	2009 - south end of terminal lobby from H to G (right) compared to original lobby from 1 to 2 (left)	2010 - the first An-225 Mriya (UR-82060) landing at Miami International Airport	2010 - the first An-225 Mriya (UR-82060) landing at Miami International Airport
2010 - the first An-225 Mriya (UR-82060) landing at Miami International Airport	2010 - the first An-225 Mriya (UR-82060) landing at Miami International Airport	2010 - the inaugural Transaero B777-222/ER EI-UNX flight to MIA from Moscow (DME) on approach over Miami Lakes	2011 - Bldg 5A on the Northeast Base at MIA (parking lot is the former site of Eastern Airlines Bldg. 16 and Bldg. 11)	2011 - looking west at the former site of Eastern Airlines Building 11 and parking lot on the Northeast Base at MIA
2010 - the inaugural Transaero B777-222/ER EI-UNX flight to MIA from Moscow (DME) on approach over Miami Lakes	20__ - the Concourse B Tower being demolished as part of the North Terminal Project at Miami International	2011 - American Airlines B777-223ER N777AN and the repainted former National Airlines hangar at MIA	June 10, 2011 - inaugural flight of the first Airbus A380 into MIA Photo Gallery - click on image to view	2011 - Former Dade County Aviation Director Richard H. Judy passes away - Photo Gallery - click on image to enter
2011 - a view of the Northeast Base, formerly the Eastern Airlines maintenance base and headquarters, at Miami International	2011 - a view of Central Base, the former National Airlines headquarters and maintenance base at Miami International Airport	2012 - American Airlines B777-223/ER N755AN in front of American's hangar (built by National Airlines)	Information about the 2013 MIA Airfield Tour	2013 - the new Aeroterm cargo buildings where the Eastern Airlines Maintenance Base once stood for decades
Information about the 2014 20th Annual Miami International Airport Airfield Tour	2014 - the first LAN B787, B787-8 CC-BBE on this occasion, at Miami International Airport	2014 - the inaugural Air France A380-861 F-HPJH flight from Paris to Miami landing on runway 9 at night	2014 - the inaugural Air France A380-861 F-HPJH flight from Paris to Miami landing on runway 9 at night	2014 - water cannon salute for the inaugural Air France A380-861 F-HPJH flight from Paris to Miami at night
March 2016 - the first Airbus A350 to ever arrive at Miami International Airport - TAM A350-941 PR-XTA	March 2016 - the first Airbus A350 to ever arrive at Miami International Airport - TAM A350-941 PR-XTA	December 2016 - the first A400M to operate into Miami International Airport: Royal Air Force Airbus A400M-180 Atlas ZM406	December 2016 - the first A400M to operate into Miami International Airport: Royal Air Force Airbus A400M-180 Atlas ZM406

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Don Boyd		08-Oct-2011 20:54
SARKIS SOGHANALIAN, 1929-2011 Sarkis Soghanalian, ‘Merchant of Death,’ dies at 82 Turkish-born Sarkis Soghanalian sold weapons in Iraq, Nicaragua, Lebanon, but always said he was America’s ally. BY ELINOR J. BRECHER Sarkis Soghanalian, the Turkish-born Armenian arms dealer who sold weapons to foreign governments and rebels on behalf of the United States — including Saddam Hussein, before he became America’s arch enemy — was known as the Merchant of Death. “I asked him about it and it really didn’t bother him,’’ said his son, Garo Soghanalian of Miami. “He said, ‘I don’t care what people think of me, as long as they spell my name right.’’’ Which it often wasn’t. Born Sarkis Garabet Soghanalian on Feb. 6, 1929, in Iskanderun, Turkey, he died Wednesday of heart failure at Hialeah Hospital, his son said. He was 82, “an overweight 5-foot-8,’’ his son said, with a profound appreciation for Chivas Regal Scotch, a penchant for late-night revels and big-ticket international cloak-and-dagger operations for the CIA during the Cold War. Fluent in five languages, with a fleet of cargo planes at the ready, he’s said to have been the world’s most prolific weapons dealer at one time, with unlimited access to tanks, missiles, helicopters and firearms of every description. Though in failing health, Soghanalian “never retired,’’ his son said. Born into the Armenian Orthodox Church, “he was no altar boy,’’ Garo said. He carried a Lebanese passport but believed strongly in America’s causes and wanted to help, his son said. Soghanalian never became a U.S. citizen because “it gave the government...deniability,’’ his son said. His work took him to some of the most dangerous places on the planet, including war-torn Lebanon, Iraq and Nicaragua — and federal prison. He operated out of Switzerland, France, and for awhile, the world’s arms-trade capital: Miami. Arrested several times, he once did two years but was generally released after judges learned he was on official government business. One judge let him go to Jordan in the late 1990s after a 10-month stretch for wire fraud, to assist in the investigation of Vladimiro Montesinos, then Peru’s national security chief, suspected of double dealing with drug-war money and U.S.-provided munitions. His exploits made Soghanalian a rich man, the subject of documentaries, and the inspiration for Nicholas Cage’s main character in the 2005 film “Lord of War.’’ In 1982, he offered the new Miami Metrozoo a baby lowland gorilla, which zoo officials balked at accepting because Soghanalian wouldn’t say where he got it. At the time, he had just pleaded guilty to a federal charge of ripping off another arms dealer. The deal, according to a 1986 Miami Herald story, involved a 1977 agreement to send 197 Browning machine guns to the African country of Mauritania. “But he reneged...allegedly bilking a rival merchant out of $1.1 million,’’ the Herald reported. “A grand jury indicted Soghanalian for fraud, punishable by 15 years...After Soghanalian pleaded guilty, U.S. District Judge Joe Eaton put him on probation for five years. The government agreed not to deport him.’’ In the mid-1980s, Soghanalian reportedly made $10 million to $12 million a year, and, according to The Herald story, “sometimes demands proof of the effectiveness of his weapons. From Lebanon, he boasts, young right-wing Christian soldiers sent him jars of human ears, packed in formaldehyde.’’ He once said: “If the guy is dead, what difference would it make if you cut his ear or his nose? He’s dead, he’s dead.” According to son Garo, his father’s widowed mother took her children to Beirut because life was too difficult for Armenians in Turkey. In 2001, he told a producer for PBS’ Frontline, that he “went to work with the French army. I skipped school in 1944 and worked with a tank division,’’ beginning a lifelong fascination with arms. “As a young man you like nothing more than weapons,’’ he said. “Women were secondary, as at that age we didn’t know anything about that.’’ Garo said that in the 1950s, after World War II, “my dad began to become a little bit successful in war surplus. He traveled around the Middle East and became enamored by the United States. He developed a kinship with American students,’’ one of whom was Shirley Adamsof Prairie du Chien, Wisc. They married in Beirut then settled in Binghamton, N.Y, where, said Garo, his father repaired Volkswagens for about a decade. Then he returned to Lebanon with his family. His father, said Garo, “aligned himself with American interests and was knee deep in counteracting’’ anti-American activities. “We stayed until 1975,’’ when civil war broke out, “but he stayed on another year-and-a-half.’’ Whether he was selling weapons to Argentina to fight the British in the Falkland Islands, or to Iraq during its war with Iran, “the Americans knew what I was doing, every minute, every hour,’’ Soghanalian told PBS. Sometimes, his father got caught up in agency turf battles, said his son, who was indicted for conspiracy when he was 23, with his father, charges later dismissed. “If you measured it by the inch, you could be suspicious, but by the yard, it was for the benefit of the United States,’’ Garo said. Case in point, he said: arming Saddam Hussein while “the madman,’’ Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini, held 52 U.S. hostages. “But it didn’t mean we would keep helping Saddam if he did something against our interest or Western interests,’’ Soghanalian told PBS. “That’s what happened. Too bad for him.’’ Convicted in 1991 of conspiracy to smuggle helicopters into Iraq, he did two years in prison in Miami on a 6 1/2 year sentence. His deal to get out early: directing U.S. officials to a Lebanese print shop turning out near-perfect $100 bills. “When [the government] needed me...they immediately came and got me out,’’ he told PBS, concluding the interview with: “I helped a lot of countries keep their independence. ... I never lost a war. I helped Lebanon. They at least kept their republic. I squeezed Khomeini and helped my country’s cause. There are other countries whose names I don’t want to mention. I helped my country Armenia when they needed me. That’s all I can say. ...’’ University of California/Berkeley professor Lowell Bergman, a former journalist who’d known Soghanalian for 30 years, told The New York Times that he “worked with the CIA off and on for years; after a falling out with that agency, he cooperated with the FBI, drawing on information about the dark corners of the global arms trade.’’ Said son Garo: “I’ll let that statement stand out of respect for them.’’ In addition to his wife and son, Soghanalian is survived by daughter Melo Hansen of Salt Lake City, and sister Anahis Hartz. Memorial services will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the L.D.S. Chapel, 9900 W. Flagler St., Miami. His wife and children are Mormons. Funeral services have not yet been set. Read more:http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/07/v-fullstory/2443364/arms-dealer-sarkis-soghanalian.html#ixzz1aE2JyGh4

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