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Aero Contractors organization

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James Ryan founded Aero Contractors documented
“In 1979, a former Air America chief pilot and hero of Desert One, James Ryan, started a company called Aero Contractors. Over more than two decades, with a series of interlocking directorates and subsidiaries, it accumulated more than 20 ai…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 42 (44) @ 44:22
Aero Contractors front_for CIA documented
“Later investigations revealed corporate directors with fictitious names traced to post office boxes in Northern Virginia, D.C., and Maryland. So it's another front company. It also included corporate cutouts. Research has yet to establish t…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 42 (44) @ 44:52

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The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 42 (44)
▶ 44:22 In 1979, a former Air America chief pilot and hero of Desert One, James Ryan, started a company called Aero Contractors. Over more than two decades, with a series of interlocking directorates and subsidiaries, it accumulated more than 20 ai…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 42 (44)
▶ 44:52 Later investigations revealed corporate directors with fictitious names traced to post office boxes in Northern Virginia, D.C., and Maryland. So it's another front company. It also included corporate cutouts. Research has yet to establish t…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 47 (49)
▶ 21:57 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 …