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Aug 10, 1990 · Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited into it, and ends up in the middle of a bunch of lunatic pilots, gun-running by his friend Gene Ryack, and opium smuggling by his own superiors.
Air America is a clandestine organization that drops supplies over Laos, the neighboring country. After losing his job, Billy Covington, a brilliant helicopter pilot from California, is recruited by the CIA and lands at Long Tien, the secret Air America base. He is welcomed by veteran Gene Ryan who shows him the ropes.
Air America. (book) First edition (publ. Putnam (publisher)) Air America is a 1978 non-fiction book by journalist Christopher Robbins. The book is a history of Air America, an airline covertly owned by the United States Central Intelligence Agency from 1950 to 1976.
Air America, an airline secretly owned by the CIA, was a vital component in the Agency's operations in Laos. By the summer of 1970, the airline had some two dozen twin-engine transports, another two dozen short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) aircraft, and some 30 helicopters dedicated to operations in Laos.
Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited into it, and ends up in the middle of a bunch of lunatic pilots, gun-running by his friend Gene Ryack, and opium ...
Air America A young pilot finds himself recruited into a covert and corrupt CIA airlift organization operating in Vietnam War Era Laos. 2,956 IMDb 5.8 1 h 52 min 1990
Air America was the largest of the CIA's proprietaries and functioned primarily to provide air support for U.S. operations in Southeast Asia under cover of a commercial flying service fulfilling, inter alia, United States Government contracts.
