Article: Predictable `Air America' gets bogged down by political cargo

Dictionary definition: Air America
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military;      313 words ...Air America a proprietary airline of the ... civilian air transport firm in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War . Air America supported the U.S. Air Force ... The CIA shut it down in 1976. Air America grew out of the Civil Air Transport ...

Article: Air America pilots gain recognition
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  June 3, 2001 ;     377 words ... ... in 1959, CAT was renamed Air America. CAT and Air America flew supplies, food and personnel ... anti- communist troops in Southeast Asia, including the CIA's "secret war" in Laos. In 1975, Air America helicopter crews helped Americans ...

Article: CIA documents shine light on secretive Air America
AP Online;  April 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... previously classified Air America records, which will ... the Cold War. These Air America documents are essential ... America's involvement in Southeast Asia, Oelkrug said. The ... firsthand accounts of Air America missions and commendation ...

Article: Air America pilot Frederick Frye Walker dies; flew ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  February 17, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Air America pilot Frederick Frye Walker ... Vientiane, Laos, and flew for Air America, also a part of CAT ... regional chief pilot for Southeast Asia, flying in Laos, Cambodia ... when he flew the last Air America plane out. Walker later ...

Article: Undercover Warrior Finally Honored; Air America ...
The Washington Post;  June 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... planes around Southeast Asia. His wife and ... only that the Air America plane on which ... Laos worked for Air America, said Liz Flick ... and Missing in Southeast Asia. The group starts ... in Arlington. Air America was so secretive ...

Article: Air America proves not all is fair in love and war ...
The Sunday Independent (South Africa);  May 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... another look at the Air America case. It's hard to ... consideration. But Air America occupies a legendary ... nearly three decades, Air America and its CIA sibling ... clandestine US operations in southeast Asia. They moved supplies ...

Article: AIR AMERICA WANTS TO FLY LUNKEN.(BUSINESS)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  July 19, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... individual and not the city. Air America has a colorful history ... maintained by former Air America employees, the CIA ... intelligence operations in Southeast Asia. It was heavily involved ... agency in 1972 to divest Air America once the Vietnam War ...