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 ...
The USAF aircraft maintenance program continues to evolve as America strengthens it warfighting posture worldwide.
On the night of Feb. 24, 1969, Airman 1st Class Levitow was serving as the loadmaster aboard an AC-47, codename “Spooky 71,” ...
The peace treaty was signed. Prisoners of war were coming home. The last thing America needed was an international incident.
It’s been 50 years since the USA bowed to the inevitable and pulled out of Vietnam, in the midst of harrowing scenes of anguish and chaos.
The helicopter is the most prominently featured aircraft in Apocalypse Now, but the aircraft tied to the film’s famous bit of dialogue is the Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter. Advertisement cookies are ...
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 ...
According to the Navy, the EA-18G Growler belongs to the F/A-18 aircraft family but combines the Super Hornet’s capabilities with a “sophisticated electronic warfare suite.” ...
On Feb. 12, 2009, a Continental airlines turboprop commuter plane crashed into a house near Buffalo, N.Y., killing 50 people, ...
Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that if Hamas did not release Israeli hostages the army would resume its offensive in the Palestinian enclave.
Toyota Motor Corp is recalling 106,061 U.S. vehicles over a brake fluid leak that can reduce braking ability and increase the ...