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Exhibit
10.7


THIRD AMENDMENT TO

CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT




     This Amendment, dated as of March 15, 2006, is made by and between Kitty Hawk, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, acting through
its Wells Fargo Business Credit operating division, successor by merger to Wells Fargo Business
Credit, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Lender”).



Recitals




     The Borrower and the Lender are parties to a Credit and Security Agreement dated as of March
22, 2004, a First Amendment to Credit and Security Agreement dated as of January 31, 2005, and a
Second Amendment to Credit and Security Agreement dated as of November 10, 2005 (as amended, the
“Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used in this Amendment that are defined in the Credit
Agreement shall have the same meanings as defined therein, unless otherwise defined herein.



     The Borrower has requested that certain amendments be made to the Credit Agreement, which the
Lender is willing to make pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein.



     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and agreements
herein contained, it is agreed as follows:



     1. Financial Covenants.



          (a) Section 6.2(a) of the Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to
read as follows:





     (a) Minimum Year-to-Date Net Income. The Borrower will achieve as at the end
of each period described below, Pre-Tax Net Income of not less than the amount set
forth below:




     (i) From January 1, through the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2006, Pre-Tax
Net Income of not less than a loss of $9,000,000 (i.e., the Borrower may not lose
more than $9,000,000 as at the end of such period); and




     (ii) From January 1, through the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2006, Pre-Tax
Net Income of not less than a loss of $12,000,000 (i.e., the Borrower may not lose
more than $12,000,000 as at the end of such period); and




     (iii) From January 1, through the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2006,
Pre-Tax Net Income of not less than a loss of $8,000,000 (i.e., the Borrower may not
lose more than $8,000,000 as at the end of such period); and




     (iv) From January 1, through the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2006,
Pre-Tax Net Income of not less than a loss of $500,000 (i.e., the Borrower may not
lose more than $500,000 as at the end of such period).



 









 





     2. No Other Changes. Except as explicitly amended by this Amendment, all of the terms
and conditions of the Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall apply to any
advance or letter of credit thereunder.



     3. Amendment Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Lender a fully earned, non-refundable
fee in the amount of $2,500 in consideration of the Lender’s execution and delivery of this
Amendment. The Lender is authorized to make an Advance to pay the Amendment Fee.



     4. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall be effective when the Lender shall have
received an executed original hereof, together with each of the following, each in substance and
form acceptable to the Lender in its sole discretion:



          (a) The Acknowledgment and Agreement of Guarantors set forth at the end of this
Amendment, duly executed by each Guarantor.




          (b) A Certificate of Authority of the Borrower certifying as to such matters as the
Lender may reasonably request.




     5. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the
Lender as follows:



          (a) The Borrower has all requisite power and authority to execute this Amendment and to
perform all of its obligations hereunder, and this Amendment has been duly executed and
delivered by the Borrower and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms.




          (b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Amendment have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not (i) require any authorization,
consent or approval by any governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or
instrumentality, domestic or foreign, (ii) violate any provision of any law, rule or
regulation or of any order, writ, injunction or decree presently in effect, having
applicability to the Borrower, or the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Borrower,
or (iii) result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture or loan or credit
agreement or any other agreement, lease or instrument to which the Borrower is a party or by
which it or its properties may be bound or affected.




          (c) All of the representations and warranties contained in Article V of the Credit
Agreement are correct on and as of the date hereof as though made on and as of such date,
except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier
date.




     6. References. All references in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement” shall be
deemed to refer to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby; and any and all references in the
Security Documents to the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Credit Agreement as
amended hereby.



     7. No Waiver. The execution of this Amendment and acceptance of any documents related
hereto shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any Default or Event of Default under the



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Credit Agreement or breach, default or event of default under any Security Document or other
document held by the Lender, whether or not known to the Lender and whether or not existing on the
date of this Amendment.



     8. Release. The Borrower, and each Guarantor by signing the Acknowledgment and
Agreement of Guarantors set forth below, each hereby absolutely and unconditionally releases and
forever discharges the Lender, and any and all participants, parent corporations, subsidiary
corporations, affiliated corporations, insurers, indemnitors, successors and assigns thereof,
together with all of the present and former directors, officers, agents and employees of any of the
foregoing (each individually, an “Indemnitee” and collectively, “Indemnitees”), from any and all
claims, demands or causes of action of any kind, nature or description, whether arising in law or
equity or upon contract or tort or under any state or federal law or otherwise, which the Borrower
or such Guarantor has had, now has or has made claim to have against any such person for or by
reason of any act, omission, matter, cause or thing whatsoever arising from the beginning of time
to and including the date of this Amendment, whether such claims, demands and causes of action are
matured or unmatured or known or unknown, excluding, however, any actions taken by an Indemnitee in
bad faith, any willful misconduct by an Indemnitee and gross negligence of Indemnitees.



     9. Costs and Expenses. The Borrower hereby reaffirms its agreement under the Credit
Agreement to pay or reimburse the Lender on demand for all costs and expenses incurred by the
Lender in connection with the Loan Documents, including without limitation all reasonable fees and
disbursements of legal counsel. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower
specifically agrees to pay all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Lender for the services
performed by such counsel in connection with the preparation of this Amendment and the documents
and instruments incidental hereto. The Borrower hereby agrees that the Lender may, at any time or
from time to time in its sole discretion and without further authorization by the Borrower, make a
loan to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, or apply the proceeds of any loan, for the purpose
of paying any such fees, disbursements, costs and expenses and the fee required under Paragraph 3
hereof.



     10. Miscellaneous. This Amendment and the Acknowledgment and Agreement of Guarantors
may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall
be deemed an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute one and the
same instrument.



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of
the date first written above.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL	 	 	 	KITTY HAWK, INC.
	ASSOCIATION, acting through its Wells	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Fargo Business Credit operating division,	 	 	 	 	 	 
	successor by merger to Wells Fargo Business	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Credit, Inc.	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By

	 	/s/ Joseph M. Sammons
 

Joseph M. Sammons
	 	 	 	By
	 	/s/ James R. Kupferschmid
 

Name: James R. Kupferschmid
	 

	 	Its Vice President
	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Vice President and CFO






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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT OF GUARANTORS




     The undersigned, each a guarantor of the indebtedness of Kitty Hawk, Inc. (the “Borrower”) to
Wells Fargo Business Credit, Inc. (the “Lender”) pursuant to a separate Guaranty each dated as of
March 22, 2004 (each, a “Guaranty”), hereby (i) acknowledges receipt of the foregoing Amendment;
(ii) consents to the terms (including without limitation the release set forth in Paragraph 8 of
the Amendment) and execution thereof; (iii) reaffirms its obligations to the Lender pursuant to the
terms of its Guaranty; and (iv) acknowledges that the Lender may amend, restate, extend, renew or
otherwise modify the Credit Agreement and any indebtedness or agreement of the Borrower, or enter
into any agreement or extend additional or other credit accommodations, without notifying or
obtaining the consent of the undersigned and without impairing the liability of the undersigned
under its Guaranty for all of the Borrower’s present and future indebtedness to the Lender.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	KITTY HAWK AIRCARGO, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By
	 	/s/ James R. Kupferschmid
 

Name: James R. Kupferschmid
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: CFO	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	KITTY HAWK CARGO, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By
	 	/s/ James R. Kupferschmid
 

Name: James R. Kupferschmid
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: CFO	 	 






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