American airpower was supposed to be untouchable in Vietnam. Instead, U.S. pilots found themselves struggling against smaller ...
ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL) — Helicopters are synonymous with military operations today. If it weren’t for the Vietnam War, things wouldn’t be that way. It’s dubbed the “Helicopter War,” as they were used for ...
Fifty years after the last U.S. helicopters left Saigon, why America lost the Vietnam War is elusive. But can a tabletop ...
In the early days of the US military involvement in Vietnam, the most powerful military in the world was confident it would ...
Photo courtesy of Bob Ford | Special to News-Press NOW A Vietnam-era Cobra helicopter is shown on display at the Kansas National Guard Museum in Topeka, Kansas. Photo courtesy of Bob Ford | Special to ...
ARLINGTON — The National Medal of Honor Museum got to show off its largest piece of war history, the Huey. Thursday, a group that included veterans watched as Arlington police led a procession until ...
About 53 years after the helicopter he was piloting crashed during bad weather off the coast of Nha Trang during the Vietnam War, the remains of Teaneck native U.S. Army Warrant Officer Albert R.
Jerry Smith is shown beside a life preserver on a naval ship where he performed maintenance on helicopters in Vietnam in 1967. (Photo provided by Housecalls Hospice) PARKERSBURG — Jerry Smith was born ...
You might hear sounds from the past over the Kansas City metro this week.A Vietnam-era Bell UH-1 helicopter, better known by its nickname, Huey, is offering rides and history lessons to the public in ...
In the aftermath of World War II, the Soviet Union set out to build a portable anti-aircraft missile capable of defending ...
The USS Hornet — an aircraft carrier that saw service in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, ...
Marine pilot and Vietnam War veteran Harlan Chapman was recently laid to rest in a quiet ceremony at Arlington National ...