Editing Civil Air Transport (section)

{{Short description|1946–1968 CIA-owned airline of the Republic of China used for covert operations}}
{{Infobox airline
| airline = Civil Air Transport
| image = <!-- logo -->
| caption = <!-- Caption for the image -->
| IATA = CT
| ICAO = CAT
| callsign = MANDARIN
| founded = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}}<br />[[City]], [[State/Province]], [[Country]] -->
| commenced = {{start date|1946|||df=yes}}
| ceased = {{end date|1968|02|16|df=yes}}
| bases = <!-- {{plainlist|*[[Airport Name1]] }} -->
| fleet_size = See [[#Fleet|Fleet]] below
| destinations = See [[#Destinations|Destinations]] below
| parent = CAT, Inc.
| headquarters = [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]
| key_people = {{ubl|class=nowrap
  | [[Claire Chennault]]
  | [[Whiting Willauer]]}}
}}
{{Chinese
| t = 民航空運公司
| s = 民航空运公司
| p = Mínháng Kōngyùn Gōngsī
}}

'''Civil Air Transport''' ('''CAT''') {{airline codes|CT|CAT|Mandarin|}} was a [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Nationalist Chinese]] airline, later owned by the U.S. [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA), that supported the [[United States]]' [[covert operation]]s throughout [[East Asia|East]] and [[Southeast Asia]]. During the [[Cold War]], missions consisted in assistance to "[[Free World]]" allies according to the [[Mutual Defense Assistance Act]] of 1949.