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  1. 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. It supplied and supported covert operations in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, including providing support for drug smuggling in Laos. [1] [2] [3]

  2. Air America is a 1990 American action comedy film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. as Air America pilots flying missions in Laos during the Vietnam War. When the protagonists discover their aircraft is being used by government agents to smuggle heroin , they must avoid being framed as the drug-smugglers.

  3. Aug 10, 1990 · Air America: Directed by Roger Spottiswoode. With Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis, Ken Jenkins. A young pilot finds himself recruited unwittingly into a covert and corrupt CIA airlift operation in Laos during the Vietnam conflict.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Air_AmericaAir America - Wikipedia

    Air America may refer to: Air America (airline), a former civilian airline operated by the Central Intelligence Agency; Air America, 1979 non-fiction book by Christopher Robbins; Air America, a 1990 film adaptation of Robbins' book; Air America (radio network), a former American radio network specializing in liberal talk programming

  5. Aug 18, 2021 · Air America was a passenger and cargo airline established in 1946 by Whiting Willauerby and former US military aviator Claire Lee Chennault. The company was initially called Civil Air Transport (CAT) and was based in China.

  6. Air America (formerly Air America Radio and Air America Media) was an American radio network specializing in progressive talk radio. It was on the air from March 2004 to January 2010. The network was founded as a left–wing alternative to counter talk radio with a right–wing perspective.

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  9. Air America Home. Air America®'s tenure in Asia began when Civil Air Transport (CAT) crossed the river into Shanghai in 1946. It ended on a rooftop in downtown Saigon in 1975. First in, last out. That was Air America® in China, Korea and in Southeast Asia.

  10. Jan 5, 2024 · Air America would grow to become a major air service in its own right, and the CIA’s own private airline. Even after its purchase by the CIA and deployment in Korea and French Indochina, the company still flew commercial flights out of major hubs in East Asia.