James P. Fleming didn’t fly into danger for medals or headlines—he did it because six men needed saving and he was the last ...

Army pilot Capt. Larry Liss arrived at the Green Beret outpost at Cau Song Be, Vietnam ... close to their helicopter. Once aboard the Huey, Johnson and another special operations adviser helped ...

Connors twice served in Vietnam, first in 1967 and 1968 and later in 1972 and 1973. His Army ... Pilots used to fly 18 or 20 hour days back then, he said. Flying a few recovery missions, his ...

An intimate crowd of veterans, their families and community members gathered at Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and ...

It wasn’t until after Army Capt. Larry Taylor had picked up four of his fellow soldiers during a raging firefight in Vietnam – the men clinging onto the outside of his helicopter, as there was ...

More than a year of intensive training to become a U.S. Army ... helicopter pilot Robert W. Barrett, who flew the medevac mission that saved DeFazio’s life, recently were reunited at the Vietnam ...

(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 ...

Over the past decade, U.S. Army ... of Special Warfare Aviation Detachments (SWAD), and finally a task-organized helicopter company as Army Special Forces prepared for Vietnam.

Special operators are upgrading nearly every aspect of their helicopter fleet as they await the Army’s newest addition ... tactile cueing to prevent the pilot from exceeding an aircraft ...