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 '''California Eastern Aviation''' was incorporated in Delaware on January 14, 1946. It operated as a [[common carrier]] from then until 1948, flying freight between east and west coasts, one of the largest domestic freight operators of the time. Unfortunately, this was not profitable, and the company entered bankruptcy in May 1948, ceasing common carrier activities and leasing out its aircraft instead, which enabled it to exit bankruptcy in 1950. It then became an [[Part 45 carrier|uncertificated carrier]], flying for the US military. During the 1950s its '''California Eastern Airways''' division supported the Korean War, the [[Distant Early Warning Line|DEW Line]], US activities in the Philippines, French Indochina and maintained personnel in Tokyo, Hawaii, [[Wake Island]], one of the largest such operators.{{sfn|Certification|1959|p=335–339}} The airline flew both [[Douglas DC-4]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac3/Non-skeds/California%20Eastern%20Airways%20DC-4.html|website=www.edcoatescollection.com|title=California Eastern Airways  Douglas DC-4  N1437V|publisher=Ed Coates Collection|language=en|access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref> and [[Lockheed Constellation]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac3/Non-skeds/California%20Eastern%20Lockheed%20L-1049H.html|website=www.edcoatescollection.com|title=California Eastern Aviation  Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation  N6532C|publisher=Ed Coates Collection|language=en|access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref> In 1959, the carrier received interim certification as a [[supplemental air carrier]] at which time it had two divisions (the airline operation and Flight Training) and two subsidiaries, Land-Air and Air Carrier Service Corp.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Civil Aeronautics Board Reports|volume=28|publisher=U.S. General Printing Office|location=Washington, DC|pages=242–502|date=December 1958 – February 1959|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32437011657877?urlappend=%3Bseq=250%3Bownerid=107302274-254|hdl=2027/osu.32437011657877|hdl-access=free |title=Large Irregular Air Carrier Investigation|ref={{sfnref|Certification|1959}}}}</ref> Land-Air held contracts performing instrumentation and R&D activities at [[White Sands Missile Range]].<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/84870088 ''Land-Air Instrumentation Collects Much Missile Data'', Alamogordo Daily News, 22 July 1956]</ref> In 1960, California Eastern sold its airline operations to President Airlines.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Civil Aeronautics Board Reports|volume=31|publisher=U.S. General Printing Office|location=Washington, DC|pages=965–970|date=May–September 1960|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32437011657679?urlappend=%3Bseq=997%3Bownerid=107305065-1001|hdl=2027/osu.32437011657679|hdl-access=free |title=California Eastern, Certificate Transfer}}</ref>
-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.<ref>McCarthy, Glenda. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-14-fi-csc14-story.html Computer Sciences to Buy DynCorp]. ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. December 14, 2002.</ref> California Eastern Airways was founded by a small group of returning [[World War II]] pilots who wanted to break into the air cargo business.<ref name=wired>Baum, Dan. [https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.02/gunhire.html This Gun For Hire]. ''Wired''. February 2003.</ref> They were one of the first firms to ship cargo by air, and within a year, the firm was serving both coasts.<ref name=washingtonpostcsc>Merle, Renae. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160105141836/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-396108.html Computer Sciences Plans to Acquire DynCorp]. ''The Washington Post''. December 14, 2002.</ref><ref name=fundinguniverse>{{cite journal | author = FU Staff [Pederson, Jay P. (Ed.)] | date = 2002 | title = DynCorp History | website = FundingUniverse.com | url = http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/DynCorp-company-History.html | access-date= February 27, 2017}} This information is derived from the following source: {{cite book | author = Pederson, Jay P. (Ed.) | date = 2002 | title = International Directory of Company Histories | chapter = DynCorp | volume = 45 | series = IDCH, Gale Reference Library (Derdak, Thomas, series ed.) | location = Farmington Hills, MI  | publisher = Gale/St. James Press  | isbn = 1558624635 | issn = 1557-0126 | url = https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1558624635 | access-date= February 27, 2017}} '''''Note''''', this compilation reports, to a significant degree, information self-reported by the company, and so constitutes information not strictly third-party in nature.</ref> 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).<ref name=wired/><ref name=fundinguniverse/>
+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.<ref>McCarthy, Glenda. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-14-fi-csc14-story.html Computer Sciences to Buy DynCorp]. ''Los Angeles Times''. December 14, 2002.</ref> California Eastern Airways was founded by a small group of returning [[World War II]] pilots who wanted to break into the air cargo business.<ref name=wired>Baum, Dan. [https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.02/gunhire.html This Gun For Hire]. ''Wired''. February 2003.</ref> They were one of the first firms to ship cargo by air, and within a year, the firm was serving both coasts.<ref name=washingtonpostcsc>Merle, Renae. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160105141836/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-396108.html Computer Sciences Plans to Acquire DynCorp]. ''The Washington Post''. December 14, 2002.</ref><ref name=fundinguniverse>{{cite journal | author = FU Staff [Pederson, Jay P. (Ed.)] | date = 2002 | title = DynCorp History | website = FundingUniverse.com | url = http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/DynCorp-company-History.html | access-date= February 27, 2017}} This information is derived from the following source: {{cite book | author = Pederson, Jay P. (Ed.) | date = 2002 | title = International Directory of Company Histories | chapter = DynCorp | volume = 45 | series = IDCH, Gale Reference Library (Derdak, Thomas, series ed.) | location = Farmington Hills, MI  | publisher = Gale/St. James Press  | isbn = 1558624635 | issn = 1557-0126 | url = https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1558624635 | access-date= February 27, 2017}} '''''Note''''', this compilation reports, to a significant degree, information self-reported by the company, and so constitutes information not strictly third-party in nature.</ref> 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).<ref name=wired/><ref name=fundinguniverse/>
 In 1951 Land-Air Inc., which implemented the first [[Contract field team|Contract Field Teams]] (teams of technicians that maintained military aircraft for the [[United States Air Force]]), was bought by California Eastern Aviation Inc.<ref name=fundinguniverse/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dyn-intl.com/overview.aspx|title=DynCorp International|work=dyn-intl.com|access-date=26 February 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116011207/http://www.dyn-intl.com/overview.aspx|archive-date=16 January 2012}}</ref><!-- Overview] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116011207/http://www.dyn-intl.com/overview.aspx |date=January 16, 2012 }}. ''DynCorp International''.--> DynCorp still holds the contract 50 years later, maintaining rotary and fixed-wing aircraft for all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.<ref name=fundinguniverse/> At this time, revenues for the company reached $6 million.<ref name=fundinguniverse/>