Vietnam’s Unsung Hero Takes to the Sky By the early 1960s, American concern about communist expansion in Southeast Asia ...

The C-123s were used to spray Agent Orange from 1962 to 1971 as part of Operation Ranch Hand. After the war, about 1,500 Air National Guard and Reserve crew members flew the planes on cargo ...

From Saigon, the crew routinely hauled critical cargo across South Vietnam. Their lumbering, 1950s-vintage C-123K transport may not have been glamorous, but it served as a vital lifeline for ...

During the Vietnam War, AC-47 Spooky was developed based on the Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft that had been in service since the 1930s, and was affectionately known by many names ...

The Bell UH-1 Iroquois, more than any other aircraft, became the face of the Vietnam War. The UH-1 first flew in 1956 as the XH-40. Later, the Army redesignated it as an HU-1, which was the source ...

To identify the American combat aircraft of the Vietnam War, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed a catalog of American aircraft from Military Factory, an online database of arms, vehicles, ...

To identify the American combat aircraft of the Vietnam War, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed a catalog of American aircraft from Military Factory, an online database of arms, vehicles, ...

US Delivers Military Planes to Vietnam in Rare Sale Since Cold War. Published Nov 22, 2024 at 4:00 AM EST Updated Nov 25, 2024 at 6:44 AM EST. By .

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Ronald W. Forrester, 25, of Odessa, Texas, was piloting an A-6A Intruder when his plane vanished over Vietnam in 1972.

A U.S. aircraft carrier is visiting Vietnam, making it the first one since the Vietnam War. We're looking at that visit from two very different perspectives.