The distinctive “whomp, whomp” of UH-1N Huey helicopters is set to fade from the skies around Yokota Air Base in western ...

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 ...

Wheeled helicopters are safter and easier to taxi and move on the ground. They can also support heavier loads, making them ...

Scott Wymyczak, commander of the American Legion Gasport Memorial Post 1253, calls it a "tribute to both living and deceased veterans." ...

The helicopter was commissioned for use in Vietnam in 1967. Log books show the Huey had more than 21,000 hours of flight time throughout its life, including years of use as a training craft by the ...

During the Vietnam War, existence could come down to a single factor. If the Huey helicopters come, you live. If they don’t, you die. In countless nightmarish situations the sound of one’s ...

Fields, also a Vietnam War veteran ... That morning, Army Captain Barrett and his Huey helicopter crew were on field standby at 3rd Surgical Hospital at Dong Tam. Within seconds of receiving ...

1967. The Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association estimates that the Huey had more combat time than any other aircraft in the history of warfare. Volunteers and veterans keep the former entry gate ...

For a Casper man, the story of a bold 1971 prison break in Mexico involving a helicopter is more than a wild story. The ...

The planned improvements include new flags representing the armed forces branches and a decommissioned Huey helicopter.

From 6 a.m.-2 p.m., volunteers read the names of 415 tri-state veterans who died in the Vietnam War as part of a Memorial Day ceremony in Clermont County.