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  1. Apr 23, 2019 · I was hired as a pilot with Air America, the CIA’s secret airline, working on its clandestine operations in Southeast Asia. It was the world of spooks, covert air ops and adventure. Air America’s pilots were shadow people. The airline’s schedules and operations were irregular and unknown. I was 27 and had already been a pilot for more ...

  2. Jun 2, 2019 · MYRE: Tony Coalson is another Air America pilot who was part of the Saigon evacuation. Air America was always supposed to look like a private airline, not a CIA operation. As part of this ...

  3. Mar 16, 2020 · During the 1960s and 1970s, Air America, while secretly CIA-controlled, was an actual airline in Vietnam with regular passenger routes. It operated up to 23 PC-6s at a time. I flew rice drops and refugee evacuations, plus the occasional “hard rice drop,” which was our term for ammunition resupply.

  4. Nov 3, 2021 · In 1959 it became Air America and operated under the slogan, “Anything, Anywhere, Anytime, Professionally.”. As for the professional part of that slogan, see Hansen’s comment above. Air America utilized a number of aircraft including the Curtiss C-46 Commando, Lockheed C-130 Hercules, and Fairchild C-123 Provider; for choppers, it relied ...

  5. Vientiane, Kingdom of Laos. Udorn, Thailand. Fleet size. 80+. Parent company. American Airdale Corporation. Headquarters. Washington, D.C. Air America was an American passenger and cargo airline established in 1946 and covertly owned and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1950 to 1976.

  6. Aug 15, 2021 · Following Mao's victory in December 1949, CAT faced financial difficulties. By August 1950, the airline was secretly bought by the CIA. This gave the intelligence agency the means to covertly operate in the air in a region of significant interest to the USA. In 1959, the CIA changed CAT's name to Air America.

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  8. Jun 19, 2010 · Air America, though, was a civilian employer, so many of its workers stayed for years. The length of time that many worked and lived together and the intensity of the job forged bonds that have ...

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