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True story (Give or take a lie or two) about an operation called AIR AMERICA. This was a dummy airline owned and run by the CIA to illegally supply Laotian and Cambodian troops that we were paying to fight the Vietnamese Army and VC. This enterprise was maned by U.S. pilots under the command of a retired U.S. General who ran the operation and kept it under wraps. They delivered guns and ammo, Hogs and livestock, cages of chickens and ducks, sacks of rice and opium and heroin. The last two items were partly to help pay the cost of the war, and for the local warlords who had their conscripted soldiers fighting the VC. This same sort of thing happened a couple more times after this too. Remember the Iran/Contra event, or the CIA airline during the Sandinista/Contra war in Central America? This was the army that never existed, flying out of the airport in the city, all of which didn't exist. A totally illegal war, denied by the President himself. This was the gist of this movie, pilots flying C123E aircraft all over the region. These pilots lived on the edge. They drank at night, and flew during the day, and many died! Each man had to work out his own deal for retirement - smuggling, gunrunning, etc. All this along with a visit from a Senator from nowhere. This was a funny movie, but sadly true.Read full review
I really liked it. I love Mel Gibson in anything. An out of the ordinary theme is always a plus too.
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