Air America is an American action

Action film

Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...

/adventure

Adventure film

Adventure films are a genre of film.Unlike pure, low-budget action films they often use their action scenes preferably to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way....

 television series

Television program

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 starring Lorenzo Lamas

Lorenzo Lamas

Lorenzo Lamas y de Santos is an American actor. Lamas is known for playing Lance Cumson on the popular 1980s soap opera Falcon Crest, Reno Raines on the 1990s crime drama Renegade, and Hector Ramirez on the daytime soap opera The Bold and The Beautiful...

, and premiering on October 4, 1998. The series is not based on the 1990 film Air America

Air America (film)

Air America is a 1990 American action comedy film directed by Roger Spottiswoode, starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. as Air America pilots, during the Vietnam War, flying missions in Laos...

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Plot

The series concerns two undercover secret agents, Rio and Wiley, who assume a new role for the State Department as pilots who work for the Latin America airline Air America. They receive direct orders from the State Department to do various missions such as protecting witnesses, investigating international crime, and rescuing those in need.

Cast

• Scott Plank
  Scott Plank
  Scott Plank was an American film and television actor, best known for playing Nick Reardon on Melrose Place, and as Wiley Farrell on Air America.-Life & acting career:...
  
   as Wiley Ferrell
• Lorenzo Lamas
  Lorenzo Lamas
  Lorenzo Lamas y de Santos is an American actor. Lamas is known for playing Lance Cumson on the popular 1980s soap opera Falcon Crest, Reno Raines on the 1990s crime drama Renegade, and Hector Ramirez on the daytime soap opera The Bold and The Beautiful...
  
   as Rio Arnet
• Diana Barton as Alison Straton
• Gilbert Montoya as Pablo
• Karmin Murcelo as Alma
• Philip McNulty as Tim
• Arthur Roberts as Jenner
• Shauna Sand Lamas as Dominique

DVD release

On June 6, 2006, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is the home video distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation. It was established in November 1979 as Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, releasing 20 titles: The Anderson Tapes, Bell, Book and Candle, Born Free, Breakout,...

released Air America: The Complete Series on DVD in Ragion 1.