After graduating from K-State with a sociology degree in the mid-60s, Ken joined the Army, taking off for helicopter flight ... pilots, who I considered the heroes of the Vietnam war, 40% of ...

Tom "Huey" Huhn flew Huey helicopters in Vietnam in 1967 and 1968 during the height of the Vietnam War. He shuttled men and supplies in and out of ...

On April 29 and 30, 1975, as North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon, U.S. Marine Corps pilots evacuated more than 7,000 ...

Iowa Vietnam veteran shares story of being a helicopter pilot during the war 3 House Democrats ... comes out as transgender Three intimidating flight maneuvers explained: Why they're nothing ...

Such devotion was costly, and of the 52 helicopter pilots in Barrett’s medevac unit, nearly half were killed or wounded during their tour in Vietnam ... During the short flight from the ...

I was 20 years old in flight school.” That school was the Primary Helicopter Center at Fort Wolters, Texas. Of all the helicopter pilots who flew in Vietnam, 95 percent passed through the center ...

Dick Catone, Lassen's longtime friend and fellow Vietnam helicopter pilot, said naming the auditorium for Lassen was a fitting tribute because hundreds of young flight students who graduate from ...

(WJHL) — Helicopters are synonymous with military operations today. If it weren’t for the Vietnam War ... anybody that wants to fly, we need pilots bad,'” said Master Army Aviator Thomas ...

On the morning of April 9, ten helicopters from the Vietnam People’s ... a high-priority mission requiring pilots with excellent skills and precise coordination to ensure the flags remain perfectly ...

Thynne ended up flying seventy-one strike missions with No. 9 Squadron as a Huey helicopter pilot and copilot. April 30, 2025, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.