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| Founded | 1946 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 1976 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 80+ | ||||||
| Parent company | American Airdale Corporation | ||||||
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. | ||||||
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(1) IATA, ICAO codes were the same until the 1980s | |||||||
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 allegedly providing support for drug smuggling in Laos.[2][3][4]
- ^ a b Contractions (Report). Federal Aviation Agency. March 15, 1963. pp. 47–48. hdl:2027/uc1.c101986578.
- ^ Robbins, Christopher (1985). The Ravens. New York: Crown. p. 94. ISBN 0-9646360-0-X.
- ^ "Air America and Drugs in Laos". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade, by McCoy, with Cathleen B. Read and Leonard P. Adams II, 2003, p. 385 ISBN 1-55652-483-8