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'''DynCorp International Inc.''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|aɪ|n|k|ɔr|p}}),<ref>That is, as in "dine" and "corp". See {{cite conference |title= [employee town hall meeting] | author= Lanese, Herb [CEO] |date= January 2007 |location= Fort Worth, TX }}{{full citation needed|date=February 2017}}{{Original research inline|date=February 2017}}</ref> was an American [[private military contractor]].<ref>{{cite journal | author = DealBook Staff | date = April 10, 2010 | title = Cerberus to Buy DynCorp for $1.5 Billion | journal = | '''DynCorp International Inc.''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|aɪ|n|k|ɔr|p}}),<ref>That is, as in "dine" and "corp". See {{cite conference |title= [employee town hall meeting] | author= Lanese, Herb [CEO] |date= January 2007 |location= Fort Worth, TX }}{{full citation needed|date=February 2017}}{{Original research inline|date=February 2017}}</ref> was an American [[private military contractor]].<ref>{{cite journal | author = DealBook Staff | date = April 10, 2010 | title = Cerberus to Buy DynCorp for $1.5 Billion | journal =The New York Times | url = https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/04/12/cerberus-to-buy-dyncorp-for-1-5-billion/ | access-date = February 25, 2017 }}</ref> Started as an aviation company, the company also provided flight operations support, training and mentoring, international development, intelligence training and support, contingency operations, security, and operations and maintenance of land vehicles.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Corrin, Amber | date = June 14, 2011 | title = DynCorp Cracks Top 20 with $3B in Prime Contracts | journal = [[Washington Technology]] | url = http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2011/06/06/dyncorp-top-100-government-contractors.aspx | access-date = February 25, 2017 }}</ref> DynCorp received more than 96% of its more than $3 billion in annual revenue from the U.S. federal government.<ref name="Soldiers of Good Fortune">{{cite journal | author = Yeoman, Barry | title=Soldiers of Good Fortune | journal = Mother Jones | date= June 1, 2003 | url=https://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2003/05/ma_365_01.html | access-date=May 8, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://washingtontechnology.com/toplists/top-100-lists/2011.aspx |title=2011 Top 100 |publisher=Washington Technology |access-date=2012-01-21}}</ref> The corporate headquarters were in an unincorporated part of [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]] near [[Falls Church, Virginia]], while the company's contracts were managed from its office at [[Fort Worth Alliance Airport|Alliance Airport]] in [[Fort Worth, Texas]]. DynCorp provided services for the [[U.S. military]] in several [[theater (warfare)|theater]]s, including [[Bolivia]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]], [[Somalia]], [[Angola]], [[Haiti]], [[Colombia]], [[Kosovo]] and [[Kuwait]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.princeton.edu/~jpia/pdf2004/Chapter%202.pdf| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041221214202/http://www.princeton.edu/~jpia/pdf2004/Chapter%202.pdf| url-status=dead| archive-date=2004-12-21| title=Outsourcing Post-Conflict Operations| publisher=Princeton University| year=2004| access-date=2006-11-11}}</ref> It also provided much of the security for [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] president [[Hamid Karzai]]'s presidential guard and trained much of the police forces of Iraq and Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13600| title=IRAQ: Misjudgments Marred U.S. Plans for Iraqi Police| publisher=CorpWatch| date=May 21, 2006| access-date=2006-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060807052116/http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13600 |archive-date=August 7, 2006}}</ref> DynCorp was also hired to assist recovery in [[Louisiana]] and neighboring areas after [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/13/AR2006031301777_pf.html| title=Storm-Wracked Parish Considers Hired Guns| first=Renae| last=Merle|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]| date=2006-03-14| pages=A01| access-date=2006-05-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0328/p01s02-ussc.html?s=t5| title=Katrina survivors play defense against looting| first=Patrik| last=Jonsson|newspaper=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]|date=2006-03-28|access-date=2006-12-15}}</ref> The company held one contract on every round of competition since receiving the first [[Contract Field Teams]] contract in 1951. | ||
In 2020, Dyncorp was bought by [[Germantown, Maryland]]-based defense support services conglomerate [[Amentum (company)|Amentum]]. On April 21, 2021, the DynCorp name was discontinued, and employees and services transferred to Amentum.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-16|title=Amentum Closes DynCorp International Acquisition|url=https://www.amentum.com/2020/11/16/amentum-closes-dyncorp-acquisition/|access-date=2021-08-18|website=Amentum|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1384893464064692224|user=DynCorpIntl|title=#LastDay! We thank you all for your support through the years with your likes, shares, and comments. This is not a goodbye; we are just moving to Amentum. See you on the Amentum side! @amentum_corp #defense #aviation #landsystems #govcon}}</ref> | In 2020, Dyncorp was bought by [[Germantown, Maryland]]-based defense support services conglomerate [[Amentum (company)|Amentum]]. On April 21, 2021, the DynCorp name was discontinued, and employees and services transferred to Amentum.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-16|title=Amentum Closes DynCorp International Acquisition|url=https://www.amentum.com/2020/11/16/amentum-closes-dyncorp-acquisition/|access-date=2021-08-18|website=Amentum|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1384893464064692224|user=DynCorpIntl|title=#LastDay! We thank you all for your support through the years with your likes, shares, and comments. This is not a goodbye; we are just moving to Amentum. See you on the Amentum side! @amentum_corp #defense #aviation #landsystems #govcon}}</ref> | ||
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Three DynCorp employees died when their helicopter was shot down during an anti-drug mission in Peru in 1992.<ref name="Soldiers of Good Fortune"/> | Three DynCorp employees died when their helicopter was shot down during an anti-drug mission in Peru in 1992.<ref name="Soldiers of Good Fortune"/> | ||
On November 29, 2008, a lengthy article in '' | On November 29, 2008, a lengthy article in ''The New York Times'' questioned the potential conflict of interest in the hiring by Veritas Capital Fund, LP, holding company for DynCorp, of Gen. [[Barry McCaffrey]]. McCaffrey had previously served as White House "Drug Czar", where he shaped future federal public-private partnership in drug enforcement policy.<ref>{{cite news|last=Barstow |first=David |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/washington/30general.html |title=One Man's Military-Industrial-Media Complex |work=The New York Times |date=2008-12-02 |access-date=2012-01-21}}</ref> | ||
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