Richard Garner person

“Aviation Services and Technology Incorporated. It was a subcontractor to DynCorp operations to spray coca plantations with herbicides. So instead of doing that and eradicating the drug supplies, they were actually ferrying the drug supplies…”

“Richard Gad, G-A-D-D, who was pushed by Oliver North into Contra support operations despite a CIA's warning that his background would set off alarms. Accused by another ex-CIA operative of big profits in ripoff, Gad, through his firm East, …”

“who told him of the need for the airfield at what they labeled Point West. Tams told the Costa Ricans that an airfield benefited them. Getting Fernando Chamorro's troops into Nicaragua would reduce the contra problem in Costa Rica. General …”

“Plantation, a GAD company called Eagle Aviation Technology and Services, another one of those proprietaries, received $100,000 for this work. Plantation possessed a 6,500-foot dirt strip, a barracks capable of housing about 30 men, and a fe…”

“Gadd hired nine pilots, three loadmasters, and seven mechanics. The crews earned $3,200 a month. They had plenty of experience. The project manager, Secord called him the chief pilot, was William Cooper. He had 25,000 hours in his flight lo…”

“One drug operation is the same as another drug operation. The deputy, John McRaney, another Laos vet with 19,000 hours of his own, McRaney, looking for a new gig, had gone to Air America's buddy, James Ryan, who now ran the CIA proprietary …”

“As with Secord, he arranged through Southern Air Transport, which had made at least 14 flights to fly weapons to the Contras. Gad played a primary role in setting up the private benefactor airlift. He found the airplanes. Gad almost bought …”

“about working as a contractor, most likely for DynCorp, and the fact that he OD'd taking drugs while he was in Columbia. Just going to leave that there. Richard Gad, a retired United States Air Force officer, founded DynCorp during the coca…”