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The airline was established by Delford M. Smith (founder and owner) and began operations in 1960 as Evergreen Helicopters.It acquired the operating certificate of Johnson Flying Service and merged it with Intermountain Airlines (a known CIA front) from Pacific Corporation (also a CIA front) in 1975 to form Evergreen International Airlines, a United States supplemental air carrier (i.e. charter ...
The airline division, Evergreen International Airlines, operated worldwide, in 168 countries, and by the end had been reduced to a fleet of all-cargo Boeing 747 freighters. The company also operated a helicopter division, Evergreen Helicopters which was sold to Erickson Air-Crane , an Oregon-based helicopter operator, for $250 million in 2013.
Other CIA "proprietary" airlines such as Air America and Air Asia also operated out of Marana during the Vietnam War years. During its years in operation, Intermountain used several types of aircraft including the Curtiss C-46 Commando , the Lockheed L-188 Electra , the de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou and DHC-6 Twin Otter .
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]
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The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has released a slickly produced Russian-language video to try to persuade Russian intelligence employees to switch sides and work as double agents for Washington.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. CIA on Wednesday launched a new drive to recruit informants in China, Iran and North Korea, adding to what it says has been a successful effort to enlist Russians.
Aero Contractors Ltd., was a private charter company which was based in Smithfield, North Carolina, and was said by some [who?] to have provided discreet air transport services for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). [1] The company was founded in 1979 by Jim Rhyne, a former pilot with Air America. The company had 26 planes and 79 employees ...