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 ...
By Sheila Harris Retired Navy Captain Edward Estes, a former resident of Purdy, had a story he liked to share about the time ...
Lloyd "Fig" Newton was just the seventh African American to become a four-star general. He says Trump is trying to whitewash ...
The peace treaty was signed. Prisoners of war were coming home. The last thing America needed was an international incident.
Private investors are fueling the rise of defense startups that are competing for billion-dollar Pentagon contracts.
On the night of Feb. 24, 1969, Airman 1st Class Levitow was serving as the loadmaster aboard an AC-47, codename “Spooky 71,” ...
North American's Super Sabre flew in Vietnam, used as a primary close air support missions ... The post Thunder in the ...
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 ...
Developed by the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, this traveling exhibit shares the stories and experiences of Virginian’s who fought in Southeast Asia.
In the early 1960s, the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom arrived on the scene. Revolutionary for its time, the Phantom was fast, technologically advanced and multirole capable. From day one of the ...
The joint patrol on Tuesday over the Scarborough Shoal was the first by the longtime treaty allies since President Donald ...