Larry Chambers' orders saved lives by pushing helicopters into the sea during the end of the Vietnam War. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In April 1975, as the North Vietnamese closed in on Saigon, Americans ...
John nearly lost his life while serving in Vietnam when he was shot at by enemy fire. The bullet ricocheted off the top of ...
The peace treaty was signed. Prisoners of war were coming home. The last thing America needed was an international incident.
On the night of Feb. 24, 1969, Airman 1st Class Levitow was serving as the loadmaster aboard an AC-47, codename “Spooky 71,” ...
The series is produced by Ridley Scott Associates; Scott directed the 2001 film Black Hawk Down, which inspired the docuseries.
The USAF aircraft maintenance program continues to evolve as America strengthens it warfighting posture worldwide.
Of course, in the parlance of the Counterculture movement that was taking hold alongside the Vietnam War (in opposition to that conflict), “puff the magic dragon” had a very different connotation. As ...
US peacekeepers were killed by Somalia militiamen in flip-flops. What went wrong – and did it set a ‘dangerous precedent’?
The helicopter at Veterans Park on Northwest Park Street is being renovated back to its former glory. WATCH BELOW: Volunteers restore Vietnam War-era military helicopter in Okeechobee Volunteers ...
The Wings of the North, a nonprofit organization founded in 1998 to preserve and present aviation history, will be presenting the 11th AirExpo at Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie Saturday and ...
By Sheila Harris Retired Navy Captain Edward Estes, a former resident of Purdy, had a story he liked to share about the time ...