amazing machine,” which today carries on the legacy of the air cavalry mission pilots such as Bailey and Jones forged during the Vietnam War. The men were among a group of more than 30 Vietnam ...

HURLBURT FIELD — Nearly 70 years after Vietnam-era forward air controllers ... Evan Quiros presented a "Ghost Pilot" statue to Lt. Gen. Michael Conley, commander of Air Force Special Operations ...

The first time here, you see flak bursting around your aircraft and uh not like that you’re gonna think, this is for real.” ...

It's an indelible image of the Vietnam era: George Alan Rose, then 30, stands on a rain-slicked tarmac. The Air Force fighter pilot has just been released from captivity in North Vietnam.

A Vietnam-era student pilot returned to Vance Air Force Base to inspire new aviators at the graduation of Class 22-11 held June 17. Retired Brig. Gen. Rudolf Peksens, a student pilot at Vance in ...

He is the commander of the Operations Support Flight of the U.S. Air Force 104th Fighter Squadron ... we don’t get excited.” Vietnam-era pilots ejected with a pair of simple UHF survival ...

This display recognizing the importance of the Vietnam-era fighter plane and honoring the pilots and ground crew members who flew and supported them opened in the spring at the MAPS Air Museum ...

The Chicago native and Vietnam-era Air Force chaplain ... of his year stationed in South Korea, where the Air Force was training Korean pilots to fly jets. But the trip to Washington was more ...