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In December 1971, Gene Hamner, Raven 12, was flying a T-28 aircraft along the Nam Ou River in Laos. Armed with .50-caliber machine guns and high-explosive rockets, Hamner and the CIA officer in his ...

Bong Son, Vietnam, Feb. 2, 1966: Ground crewmen prepare to refuel a Scout H-13 helicopter during the 1st Air Cavalry Division’s participation in Operation White Wing. Flying “low and slow,” the pilots ...

Over the course of World War II, combat aircraft flown by the United States, either with the United States Army Air Corps or U.S. Navy, accomplished tens of thousands of air combat victories or kills ...

Former U.S. Air Force Col. Robert Stirm, a POW during the Vietnam War known for the iconic "Burst of Joy" photo reuniting him ...

Debbie Eller paused, tears pricking at her eyes. “I won’t tell this easily,” she said, as she started to explain the wishbone. It had come from a Thanksgiving turkey in 1965, when Eller was on the ...

Before we delve into the American air aces’ individual bios, a note about the number-crunching methods for the Vietnam air war is in order: all of these American aces flew as members of two-man crews ...

A half-century ago, retired Air Force Brig. Gen. James “Russ” McCarthy was a part of the nation’s last big military action of the Vietnam War — Operation Linebacker II. Dubbed the “Christmas Bombings, ...

As I noted in my recent story on the passing of Col. Perry Dahl (USAF, ret.) at the ripe old age of 101, American fighter aces—i.e., combat aviators who destroyed five or more enemy aircraft in aerial ...

Summary: The tale of Col. Nguyen Tomb, Vietnam’s legendary ace, remains one of aviation’s most enduring myths. Supposedly scoring 13 kills against U.S. aircraft, Tomb was featured in the game Chuck ...

Retired Air Force Col. Robert Certain was a navigator on the first B-52 shot down during Operation Linebacker II. By Jeff Schogol Published Dec 31, 2022 9:00 AM EST Retired Air Force Col. Robert ...

WASHINGTON — The Army renamed the Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense system for Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Mitchell W. Stout during an Army birthday festival today at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Stout, ...