pc 1 founded 1946 headquarters mclean va united states 2 area served worldwide key people lewis von thaer chief executive officer 3 products aviation maintenance air operations drug eradication law enforcement training logistics contingency operations security services operations and maintenance for land vehicles mraps maintenance for aircraft support equipment and weapons systems intelligence training and solutions international development . 4 revenue us 3.047 billion 2010 operating income us 120.00 million 2008 net income us 47.95 million 2008 total assets us 1.402 billion 2008 total equity us 424.29 million 2008 owner cerberus capital management number of employees 16 800 2009 5 website dyn intl.com dyncorp international da n.k rp 6 is an american private military contractor . 7 begun as an aviation company the company also provides flight operations support training and mentoring international development intelligence training and support contingency operations security and operations and maintenance of land vehicles . 8 dyncorp receives more than 96 % of its more than 3 billion in annual revenues from the u.s. federal government . 1 9 the corporate headquarters are in an unincorporated part of fairfax county near falls church virginia . however the company s contracts are managed from its office at alliance airport in fort worth texas . the company has provided services for the u.s. military in several theaters including bolivia bosnia somalia angola haiti colombia kosovo and kuwait . 10 dead link dyncorp international also provided much of the security for afghan interim president hamid karzai s presidential guard and trains much of afghanistan s and iraq s fledgling police force . 11 dyncorp was also hired to assist recovery in louisiana and neighboring areas after hurricane katrina . 12 13 dyncorp has held one contract on every round of competition since receiving the first contract field teams contract in 1951 . dyncorp won the logcap ii contract and is one of three contract holders on the current logcap iv contract . contents 1 history 1.1 beginnings 1946 1961 1.2 dynalectron 1962 1987 1.3 dyncorp and expansion 1987 2003 1.4 sale to csc ipo and purchase by cerberus capital 2003 present 2 services 2.1 air operations 2.2 aviation 2.2.1 emergency response air programs 2.2.2 aircraft maintenance 2.2.3 helicopter maintenance support 2.3 contingency operations 2.4 development 2.5 intelligence training and solutions 2.6 operations and maintenance 2.7 security services 2.8 training and mentoring 3 controversies 3.1 latin american incidents 3.2 bosnia incidents 3.3 iraq incidents 3.4 afghanistan incidents 3.5 mozambique incident 4 see also 5 references history edit beginnings 1946 1961 edit dyncorp traces its origins from two companies formed in 1946 california eastern airways cea an air freight business and land air inc. an aircraft maintenance company . 14 california eastern airways was founded by a small group of returning world war ii pilots who wanted to break into the air cargo business . 15 they were one of the first firms to ship cargo by air and within a year the firm was serving both coasts . 16 17 california eastern airways diversified into multiple government aviation and managerial jobs airlifted supplies for the korean war and was responsible for the white sands missile range a client that dyncorp has retained for 50 years . 15 17 in 1951 land air inc. which implemented the first contract field teams teams of technicians that maintained military aircraft for the united states air force was bought by california eastern aviation inc. 17 18 dyncorp still holds the contract 50 years later maintaining rotary and fixed wing aircraft for all branches of the u.s. armed forces . 17 at this time revenues for the company reached 6 million . 17 in 1952 the company renamed to california eastern aviation inc. merged with air carrier service corporation aircar which sold commercial aircraft and spare parts to foreign airlines and governments . 17 dynalectron 1962 1987 edit by 1961 california eastern aviation needed a new name to reflect the growing and diversifying company . the name dynalectron corporation was selected from 5 000 employee suggestions . 17 in 1976 dynalectron established their headquarters in mclean virginia . 19 due to its growing size the company restructured into four main operating groups specialty contracting energy government services and aviation services . 17 in the 30 years following the foundation of cea dynalectron had acquired 19 companies in 30 years had assets of 88 million maintained a backlog of 250 million employed 7 000 and had annual sales of 300 million . 17 in 1964 dynalectron diversified into the energy services business with the acquisition of hydrocarbon research inc. 20 through this acquisition dynalectron developed a process called h coal which converted coal into synthetic liquid fuels . 21 the work began to attract national attention with the arab oil embargos of the 1970s . 22 by the early 1980s texaco inc. ruhrkohle ag and c. itoh & co. were all marketing dynalectron s h oil process . 23 24 between 1976 and 1981 the company had two public stock offerings and acquired another 14 companies . 25 by 1986 dynaelectron was one of the largest defense contractors in north america . 25 dyncorp and expansion 1987 2003 edit dyncorp s headquarters in 1987 dynalectron changed its name to dyncorp . in 1988 dyncorp went private to avoid a hostile takeover by miami financier victor posner . 26 the bid was an employee led initiative spearheaded by daniel r. bannister . 26 bannister who was paid 1.65 an hour when he joined dyncorp as an electronics technician in 1953 served as dyncorp s president and ceo from 1985 to 1997 . 27 by 1994 revenues exceeded 1 billion ; by 1997 three years later dyncorp earned 2.4 billion in annual revenue had acquired an additional 40 companies and employed 24 000 people . 27 during this time dyncorp operated missile test ranges for united states department of defense developed vaccines for the national institutes of health and installed security systems in u.s. embassies for the state department . 27 dyncorp also supplied bodyguards to haitian president jean bertrand aristide in the 1990s and to afghan president hamid karzai in the 2000s . 27 in 1999 dyncorp moved their headquarters to reston virginia . 17 with the reductions in military spending in the 1990s dyncorp expanded their focus to the growing tech market . 15 they bought 19 digital and network service firms and acquired contracts with the government s information technology it departments . 15 by 2003 roughly half of dyncorp s business came from managing the it departments of the central intelligence agency federal bureau of investigation and the u.s. securities and exchange commission among others . 15 in december 2000 dyncorp formed dyncorp international llc and transferred to it all of its international business to this entity while dyncorp technical services llc continued to perform dyncorp s domestic contracts . sale to csc ipo and purchase by cerberus capital 2003 present edit in march 2003 dyncorp and its subsidiaries were acquired by computer sciences corporation csc for approximately us 914 million . less than two years later csc announced the sale of three dyncorp units dyncorp international dynmarine and certain dyncorp technical services contracts to veritas capital fund lp for us 850 million . 28 after the sale csc retained the rights to the name dyncorp and the new company became dyncorp international . 29 in 2006 dyncorp international went public on the new york stock exchange under the symbol dcp . 30 on april 12 2010 dyncorp international announced a conditional deal to be acquired by private equity investment firm cerberus capital management at a price of 17.55 per share 1 billion . 31 the deal was agreed on 7 july 2010 . 32 in december 2011 the company hired michael thibault former co chairman and commissioner of the commission on wartime contracting in iraq and afghanistan cwc as vice president of government finance and compliance . thibault worked for many years at the defense contract audit agency dcaa serving as deputy director from 1994 until 2005 . 33 in 2011 dyncorp set a company record with 12 300 new hires bringing the total number of employees to 27 000 . 34 services edit air operations edit a dyncorp employee working with aviation support dyncorp international provides aviation support to reduce the flow of illicit drugs strengthen law enforcement and eliminate terrorism . 35 36 their air operations include the operation of fixed wing and rotary aircraft on and around aircraft carriers for either combat or non combat missions aviation life support missions and aerial satellite imagery . 37 38 dyncorp was also hired to strengthen the afghan air force helping to train afghan pilots so they could in turn train other afghans . 39 they have also provided air operations support in iraq including search and rescue medical evacuations and transporting quick reaction forces . 40 41 aviation edit dyncorp international began as an aeronautical company in the 1950s and continues to provide aviation support globally . aviation support including emergency response air programs 42 aircraft maintenance 43 theater aviation support management 44 helicopter maintenance support 45 supportability and testing . 35 36 46 in 2012 dyncorp played a key part in the space shuttle endeavour s final flight as it made its way from the kennedy space center in orlando fl to the california science center in los angeles ca aboard nasa s specially crafted shuttle carrier aircraft sca . the sca was a uniquely configured boeing 747 100 aircraft . 47 48 dyncorp mechanics worked with nasa and other support contractors performed maintenance and inspection services to the sca . dyncorp s involvement in endeavour s final flight was part of a contract awarded to the company in april 2012 by nasa to provide aircraft maintenance and operational support at various locations throughout the country . 49 emergency response air programs edit dyncorp has been working with the california department of forestry and fire protection known as cal fire to suppress and control wild land fire . 50 dyncorp flies and maintains grumman s 2 tracker fire retardant air tankers and ov 10a aircraft and maintains and services civilian uh 1h super huey helicopters flown by cal fire pilots . operating from across california aircraft can reach most fires within 20 minutes . 50 aircraft maintenance edit dyncorp provides aircraft maintenance fleet testing and evaluation for rotary fixed lighter than air and unmanned aircraft . 37 37 38 specifically they provide on site work for project testing transient loaner leased and tested civilian aircraft services . dyncorp also performs supportability and safety studies as well as off site aircraft safety and spill containment patrols and aircraft recovery services . 51 dyncorp has received contracts for aircraft maintenance with the united states navy 46 the u.s. air force 52 the u.s. army 53 and nasa . 54 dyncorp provides aircraft maintenance in countries including the republic of the philippines 55 the united states throughout europe southwest asia the middle east and africa . 44 additionally dyncorp provides aircraft maintenance support to facilities including the nas patuxent river 56 johnson space center in houston the langley research center in hampton virginia nasa facilities in el paso texas edwards air force base in california 54 and robins air force base afb in georgia . 52 among its notable awards is its unbroken record of having received a contract in every round of competition under the united states air force managed contract field teams cft program since the cft program started in 1951 . the company recently opened up an office in huntsville alabama to allow them to further focus on their aviation business with the army materiel command army contracting command and the u.s. army security assistance command all have or soon will have their headquarters on redstone arsenal . 57 dyncorp was selected by the u.s. air force to supply support services for the military s t 6 and t 6b trainer