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To: summer

For all you youngsters out there, there existed a flying Air America, the good guys, before the radio Air America, the asshole one.

Air America, the flying one, involved itself in the southeast Asia area supplying various anti-communist allies like the Montegnards, our "secret war" allies in Laos and Cambodia's Prince Sihanouk.

Most of the action went on in the mid to late 1960s and we flew a hell of a lot of C-117s. That plane, in my opinion, was the best, most reliable transport in our flying "secret war" arsenal.

I'd guess there's still C-117s flying out of jungle airstrips all over the world.

And, yes, the planes had painted "Air America" on the fuselage.

It wasn't really that secret.


54 posted on 08/25/2006 7:38:04 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Gov. Jennifer Granholm's campaign slogan: Four more years of Uncle Joe and Uncle Ho)
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To: sergeantdave

Anything, Anywhere, Anytime, Professionally.


56 posted on 08/25/2006 7:39:55 PM PDT by Wormwood (Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!)
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To: sergeantdave

Air America, the flying one, involved itself in the southeast Asia area supplying various anti-communist allies like the Montegnards, our "secret war" allies in Laos and Cambodia's Prince Sihanouk.


Yes...and Thank You for all that You Did.
it's a shame that stinking Liberals would steal such a great Historical name and stain it with their Commie filth.
But when You consider the Sarcastic Mockery of Al Frankin...


106 posted on 08/26/2006 7:38:40 AM PDT by LtKerst (Lt Kerst)
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