The next day, Senator Davenport (Lane Smith) arrives in Laos on a "fact finding mission" to determine if Washington, D.C. rumors are true about Air America's drug smuggling business. Major Lemond (Ken Jenkins) and Rob Diehl (David Marshall Grant), CIA leaders of Air America, have a cover-up in place. Senator Davenport is shown around refugee camps, shrines, temples, and major cities in a careful deception to keep him out of the loop. At the same time, while airdropping livestock into rural villages in their C-123 cargo aircraft, Billy and Jack Neely (Art LaFleur) are shot down. The Air America rescue effort turns out to be nothing but a cover for the transport of opium. When the Pilatus PC-6 of General Soong (Burt Kwouk) arrives at the crash site, his soldiers load bags of opium onboard, but leave Billy and Jack behind with Communist forces moving in. Gene and another pilot arrive and while he boards Gene's helicopter, Billy's crew escapes in the other aircraft.