Not only did Congressman Glenn Grothman’s Air America Act pass through the Senate, it did so with the full support of both sides of the political aisle.
In a rare showing of bipartisanship, the act which aims to help those who worked for Air America passed unanimously.
Between 1950 and 1976, a group of approximately 1,000 U.S. citizens worked for Air America, which was portrayed as a private company carrying out flight operations during the Cold War.
However, now-declassified documents have revealed that Air America was not a private company and, in fact, worked as a top-secret arm of the executive branch in implementing Cold War policies under the management of the CIA.
The Air America Act will ensure that those Air Americans who qualify for retirement benefits under the law will receive what they earned and deserve.
Grothman said of the legislation, “Hopefully, today is the beginning of the end of Air Americans’ long struggle to receive the recognition they deserve for their service to our country.”
The measure now moves on to the House of Representatives.
