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DynCorp International Inc. (/ ˈ d aɪ n k ɔːr p /), [5] was an American private military contractor. [6] Starting as an aviation company, the company also provided flight operations support, training and mentoring, international development, intelligence training and support, contingency operations, security, and operations and maintenance of land vehicles. [7]
May 18, 2006 – An American PMC, Ron Zimmerman, who worked for DynCorp International, was killed by a roadside bomb in Herat province. [32] July 23, 2006 – A Canadian carpenter, Mike Frastacky, was shot and killed in Nahrin. [33] July 26, 2006 – Two American contractors were killed when their transport helicopter crashed in eastern ...
In July 2004, Blackwater was hired by the U.S. Department of State under the Bureau of Diplomatic Security's Worldwide Personal Protective Services (WPPS) umbrella contract, along with DynCorp International and Triple Canopy, Inc. for the purpose of providing protective services in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Israel. [29]
Cerberus owned DynCorp, a major private security contractor, from 2010 to 2020, leading to accusations of a conflict of interest during Feinberg's service on the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, and again after his nomination as Deputy Secretary of Defense. [18] [19]
He was working for DynCorp International as a PMC. November 10, 2004 – American, Douglas S.Thomas, was killed by an IED while in a convoy from Balad en route to Tikrit. He was working for DynCorp International as a PMC. November 14, 2004 – American, Wolf Weis, was killed in an ambush near Mosul. He was working as a private contractor.
On April 12, 2010, Cerberus acquired private government services contractor DynCorp International for approximately $1 billion and the assumption of $500 million of debt. [17] In June 2010, Cerberus agreed to sell Talecris to Spain's Grifols S.A. The transaction closed on June 1, 2011 at a value of $4.2 billion. [18]
The Olam Americas garlic and onion dehydrating plant near Firebaugh, shown in a 2022 Google Street View image, is set to close by Aug. 30, 2024, according to a layoff notice filed with the state ...
In December 2010, a leaked diplomatic cable revealed that foreign contractors hired by the American military contractor DynCorp had spent money on bacha bazi in northern Afghanistan. Afghan Interior Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar requested that the U.S. military assume control over DynCorp training centres in response, but the U.S. embassy ...