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Air America: The CIA's Seret Airline

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As an Air America pilot for 8 years from 1965 to 1973 in Saigon and then in Udorn Thailand while flying in Laos,I can say this is an outstanding and accurate history of many of the missions flown during the war in South East Asia. Nothing will ever tell all of the many "quiet" missions flown for the United States of America by Air America and CAT but this CD is the best.

Monty Markham, who made this film, got it right because his brother was an Air America pilot and knew the inside story. The CIA just honored Air America, at the University of Texas at Dallas, for their service in Laos and Vietnam. This film presents the facts. The truth is long overdue. Judy Porter

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Three cheers to the History channel for their outstanding documentary film on the CIA's clandestine airline, Air America.

From the days of Korea to the end of the Vietnam War, CAT and Air America flew the skies of Asia in the defense of freedom.

It's all true and very well presented in this History channel documentary film. Jesse Walton

This is a great story by the History Channel, with well done narration and some really good footage of the secret war in Laos. The narrator has a connection to one of the pilots which makes the story much more moving. They show a short clip of Edgar "Pop" Buell in the mountains of Laos without explaining who he was or what he did, but one hour is too short to do everything. The whole story of the CIA proprietary airline is very complex but they did a good job of condensing it. I really liked seeing the aircraft. Many viewers will be surprised that the iconic photo of the evacuation of Saigon, in the final days of the Vietnam war, was not at the US embassy and was an Air America Huey. If you like this video, read "Shooting at the Moon" by Roger Warner.

Very well put together. Enjoyed the complete showing. I flew with some of these players and it good that there is a unclassified record of their Heroic deeds.