no means enough to save it." Alexander Cockburn wrote in the Los Angeles Times that Air America received abuse for "dar[ing] to say the unsayable, and commits the added offense of joking about it ... It injects into mass culture truth on a matter that official America has been lying about for three decades, namely the confluence between U.S. covert operations and criminality, whether in Laos, Afghanistan or Central America". Box office Air America debuted at number three behind Flatliners and Young Guns II. The film ended up grossing $31,053,601 in the US and $3,243,404 in other countries for a worldwide total of $36,297,005. References Bibliography Carrrick, Peter. Mel Gibson. London: Robert Hale, 1998. . Clarkson, Wensley. Mel Gibson: Man on a Mission. London: John Blake, 2004. . Curry, Robert. Whispering Death, "Tuag Nco Ntsoov": Our Journey with the Hmong in the Secret War for Laos. Bloomington, Indiana: IUniverse Inc., 2004. . Evans, Alun. Brassey's Guide to War Films. Dulles, Virginia: Potomac Books, 2000. . Hamilton-Merritt, Jane. Tragic Mountains: The Hmong, the Americans, and the Secret Wars for Laos, 1942-1992 . Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1999. . Robbins, Christopher. Air America. Cassell Military 2012. . External links Air America Association web site 1990 films 1990 action comedy films 1990s adventure comedy films 1990s buddy comedy films American action comedy films American adventure comedy films American aviation films American buddy comedy films Carolco Pictures films 1990s English-language films Films based on military novels Films directed by Roger Spottiswoode Films set in 1969 Films set in Laos Films shot in Thailand Films shot at Pinewood Studios StudioCanal films Thai-language films TriStar Pictures films Vietnamese-language films Vietnam War aviation films War adventure films Films based on non-fiction books 1990s American films