But for those who served in Vietnam, Huey helicopter pilots and their crew ... “When he got into the cockpit we just left him alone with his thoughts. “After a good five or 10 minutes he ...

From Missouri Roots to Washington State University James P. Fleming came into the world on March 12, 1943, in Sedalia, ...

The roar of fighter jets pounded over the tarmac at Hillsboro Airport Saturday afternoon as thousands of people gathered to watch an hourslong lineup of mid-air stunts at the Oregon International Air ...

The emergence of the Huey, arguably the most iconic helicopter ever built, gave the U.S. Army a form of “air cavalry” during the Vietnam War ... and a tandem cockpit enclosed in a canopy ...

And then there was the sound of a helicopter ... an interviewer that he'd nearly died in Vietnam when a piece of shrapnel blew a hole into the cockpit. But he'd given up his regular seat for ...

Since the 1950s, Army helicopters had typically been named after Native American tribes. However, the first Army UH-1 Huey unit dispatched to Vietnam ... The cockpit provided excellent visibility ...

The Huey entered operations as a medevac in 1962. It would become synonymous with the Vietnam ... premier attack helicopters of the age. It featured a distinctive double-bubble cockpit, placing ...

War-torn helicopters from the Vietnam war are airlifting the creatures ... the Airbus AS350 Astar and the UH1-H Huey. The Airbus AS350 Astar, nicknamed the "Squirrel," has been used since 2021 ...

During America’s involvement in Vietnam, it was discovered that adding firepower to a Bell UH-1 Iroquois or “Huey” helicopter ... gauges in the cockpit. The compound helicopter also had ...