Aside from ferrying SAD agents around the battlefield, they also acted as aerial surveillance platforms. This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site you consent to our use of cookies. Email Us Follow us Watch us. Share This Page:. DCH-8 Dash 8 Like its smaller cousin, the DH-6, these Canadian-built twin-engine medium range turboprop transport planes have been spotted in Afghanistan sporting unusual attennas and are thought to be CIA assets.
Dassault Falcon 50 This jet, which masquerades as a private business flight, is suspected of being used by the CIA for the covert movement of terror suspects. Boeing This Boeing BC airliner was believed to be involved with transporting prisoners to various 'interrogation' centers around the world.
Email Us. Follow us. Hetu-Tkacik says contrary to popular belief, it is possible to have a family and work for the CIA. When she was out of the country, her husband, who is a nurse practitioner, cared for their son, who is now 26 years old. She quickly discovered that she loved working for the agency. After deciding to study aviation, she chose to attend Embry-Riddle.
Her graduation was equally memorable. Upon graduating, she took a job as a pilot for a corporate charter airline carrying cargo, plus worked as a flight instructor. After 20 years of trying, few expect to see any money. And most acknowledge the tenuous nature of their claim. They never had any official connection to the agency -- never signed an employment contract, never got sworn in at agency headquarters, never even got a government paycheck.
Nevertheless, those leading the effort point to government regulations dating to the s that they say support their contention that working for a government-owned corporation makes you a federal employee. They also consider it an issue of fairness, arguing that they deserve special consideration from Congress because of what they did for their country. There is no reliable estimate of what it would cost the government to retroactively grant the former workers retirement benefits.
And expectations vary among those pressing the claim. Roy Watts, 83, who was one of the first Air America pilots, said he thought he would be entitled to as much as half a million dollars in back retirement and disability pay. In , Watts took part in perhaps the most storied moment in Air America history, when he and two dozen other pilots made hundreds of desperate deliveries to French forces pinned down by North Vietnamese troops in Dien Bien Phu. Despite airdrops of artillery and other supplies, the communists crushed the French in a battle that marked the end of colonial rule.
The CIA has relied on such rulings in its efforts to persuade lawmakers to drop their pursuit of Air America legislation. CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano said the agency honored the pilots and crew members. CIA officials also emphasize that Air America did not shortchange employees on the pay and benefits they were promised when they went to work for the company. Most employees contributed a small percentage of their paychecks and cashed out when they quit.
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