(Wisconsin) Congressman Glenn Grothman has introduced the bipartisan Air America Act, which will correct an inequity suffered by the brave Americans who are former employees of Air America by ensuring they receive the federal retirement benefits and recognition they have earned.
The legislation was inspired by Neil Hansen, a resident of the 6th Congressional District, who was a pilot for Air America during the Vietnam War. The bill has 35 bipartisan cosponsors and Senator Marco Rubio has introduced a companion version of the bill in the U.S. Senate.
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 wholly owned and controlled by the U.S. government, meaning Air American workers were actually federal employees under the law at the time they worked.
Grothman and Rubio had introduced similar legislation three years ago.
