Film je posnet po resničnih dogodkih in prikazuje, kako je ameriška vlada s tihotapljenjem mamil financirala vietnamsko vojno. Pilotu Billyju Covingtonu vladni agentje ponudijo službo pri civilni letalski družbi Air America v Laosu. Billy si obeta veliko denarja, čeprav ne ve, da bo moral tovoriti mamila. V Laosu naleti na pilota Genea Ryacka in skupaj ugotovita, da stvar v resnici le ni tako zelo preprosta. Preko vrtoglavih akcij in čudovitega okolja korak za korakom uresničujeta svojo misijo.
Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited into it, and ends up in the middle of a bunch of lunatic pilots, gun-running by his friend Gene Ryack, and opium smuggling by his own superiors.
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