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 ...

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

He was awarded the “Best Student” in his private pilot's class, having soloed after only eight hours of flight ... of Vietnam. After six months, he was "infused" to the 120th Assault ...

Kateryna is the only female combat helicopter pilot in ... and out steps a young pilot—mascara still intact, nails painted burgundy, and flight jacket slung confidently over her arm.A ground ...

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 ...

Ukraine’s only female combat pilot flies helicopter missions against Russian ... She was carrying a heavy flight jacket over one arm, and a member of the ground crew rushed over to her to ...

As a Huey helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, Rich White has both proud ... Five of them were friends I flew with all the way through flight school and the rest were guys that I got to ...

Pieces of history also took to the air Saturday, as pilots showed off working Vietnam-era helicopters ... pilots from the Olympia Flight Museum demonstrated each of the aircraft’s flight ...

From Navy enlistee to a Navy pilot, David Edwards flew fighters on 260 missions in Vietnam during a 31-year military career.

In December 1972, just a month before American forces left Vietnam, a Marine Corps pilot from Odessa ... “The Final Flight of Captain Forrester.” TM Audio subscribers can listen to this ...