The Vietnam War pushed military technology to its limits, introducing weapons that reshaped how wars are fought. From jungle-tested rifles to devastating air power, both the United States and North ...
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The fighter concept that quietly changed air combat forever

During the early years of the Vietnam War, military planners increasingly believed dogfighting had become obsolete. Missiles and speed were expected to dominate future air battles, while agile ...
Sixty years ago in Aviation Week, editor C.M. “Tony” Plattner, a U.S. Marine Corps reservist, spent two months covering the military’s rapid buildup in the Vietnam War, flying as an observer on nine ...
The Museum’s Huey served with four units in Vietnam between 1966 and 1970. Though now painted in National Guard livery, it retains an XM52 smoke generator similar to the one it carried for the 11th ...
In some ways, the late 1960s were a great time to be a young man — flirting with girls, hanging out with friends, cruising ...