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Air America ID Card

Artifact Details

Identification card for Air America with personal details of Tom Lum filled in.

Civil Air Transport, predecessor to Air America, masqueraded as a commercial airline while engaging in CIA operations.

Air America, a CIA proprietary airline, issued this identification card to Operations Manager Tom Lum in 1973.

Artifact Specs

9 cm x 5.5 cm

(L x W)

Additional Photos

The reverse side of the Air America ID Card, with a picture and signature of Tom Lum.

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