Northwest Florida is proud of its tradition of military service, and Veterans Memorial Park in Pensacola honors those who have seen combat.

Gerald Hickey spent 17 years as a civilian in Vietnam, both before and during the U.S.-led war ... After the war he flew offshore helicopters, taught military pilots in Iran, then operated ...

The newly designated MV-75 is meant to eventually replace the Army’s H-60 Black Hawk helicopters, including in special ...

“Our mission in Vietnam was to watch everybody’s ass and make sure those of us who could go home ... who had the veterans sign a Vietnam-era Army helmet that he intends to add to his ...

Though more than a decade of US military ... presence in South Vietnam. But getting to that point wasn’t straightforward. Berry, the pilot of a twin-rotor CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, got ...

On that day, April 30, 1975, Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam ... military aircraft. US forces pushed helicopters overboard to make room for incoming flights, while some pilots ditched ...

Helicopters have their roots in the pre-World War II era. Renaissance ... six wounded men). The United States formed its entire Vietnam War strategy around it. Army aviation units flying the ...

Memories of flying and the guys he flew with came flooding back for former pilot ... helicopter that was drawn from the photo. He is wearing the helmet he donated to the United States Army ...

Berchman Richard, a former test pilot, recently visited the U.S. Army Aviation ... a state-of-the-art helicopter gunship developed by Lockheed. Richard donated his flight helmet from his time ...

including the Vietnam War, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and humanitarian missions worldwide. The Mil Mi-24 Hind is another Soviet-era helicopter in service of the U.S. Army, but there is only ...

The T-33 Shooting Star was used to train US Air ... to fly military helicopters until a knee injury prompted him to instead work as an air traffic controller for the Federal Aviation ...