Photos The war in Laos & Cambodia.

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1968
Air America Captain Robert Wofford climbs up into the cockpit of a DHC-4 Caribou.

 

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969
Villagers climb aboard the open tailgate of a DHC-4 Caribou in upcountry Laos.

 

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1971
Two Air America Sikorsky helicopters fly supplies into the soccer field area on the high ground at That Luang during the flooding in Vientiane.

 

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April 1972
View of a helicopter taking off from a refugee village located southwest of Luang Prabang occupied by Khmu' from Phong Saly Province. Note that roofs of the houses are made from bamboo. See bunkers in the foreground.

 

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1968
Captain Robert Wofford stands beside the propeller of an DHC-4 Caribou on the Air America ramp in Vientiane.

 

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1968
Passengers and the Air Freight Specialist (wearing a headset by the open tailgate) gaze at the Mekong River far below an Air America DHC-4 Caribou en route from Sayaboury to Vientiane.

 

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1969
An Air America Helio Courier idling at a base upcountry.

 

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1969
An Air America C-123 landing in upcountry Laos.

 

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1970
A hippie theme party at an Air America pilot's residence. Left to right: Robert Wofford, Terry Wofford, "kicker" (air freight specialist) Lucky Mulqueen and his girlfriend Penny Zane and two unidentified employees. "Kicker” was the popular term for the air freight specialist who pushed freight from the open cargo doors or open tailgate of an aircraft while in flight.

 

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1970
An Air America Sikorsky CH-3E helicpoter is framed against a backdrop of clouds while flying alongside a Caribou.

 

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January 1966
Air America H-34 helicopter picking up a crashed Air America Helio.

 

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October 1969
Air America Chalet (as named on the white sign in front), surrounded by bullet-proof sandbags, located at the USAID compound where pilots would stay when they were flying in and out of Sam Thong, the headquarters of USAID's refugee relief program in Xieng Khouang and Houa Phanh Provinces.

 

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1969
Air America Caribou stuck in mud on the Plain of Jars.

 

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ca. 1974
Tom Krohn (Air America; on the left) and Edgar (Pop) Buell (USAID Area Coordinator, Xieng Khouang) discussing air operations.

 

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February 1966
Air America H-34 loading at Luang Prabang's airport.

 

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1966
An Air America C-123 flies a mission over Laotian mountains.

 

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1969
An Air America Volpar Twin Beach on the Air America ramp, Wattay Airport, Vientiane.

 

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1970
Air America Pilot William E. Buckley in the left seat of a C-123.

 

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1968
An Air America Turbo PC-6 Porter landing on an upcountry strip.

 

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1968
Air America C-46 Commando dropping rice.