January 2, 1967, saw one of the most stunning air battles of the Vietnam War. Robin Olds and the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing ...

American airpower was supposed to be untouchable in Vietnam. Instead, U.S. pilots found themselves struggling against smaller, more agile MiGs and losing more often than anyone expected. The decline ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Medal of Honor is our nation’s ...

Vietnam, the war in the air : a pictorial history of the U.S. air forces in the Vietnam War : Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marines / by Gene Gurney ; foreword by Gen. William C. Westmoreland ...

When Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Stirm was released from a prisoner of war camp in Vietnam in 1973, surviving 1,966 days in captivity, his thoughts were consumed with finally reuniting with his family.

Shortly before his final flight over North Vietnam, Air Force Maj. Robert Lodge told his fellow airmen that if his plane ever went down, he would rather die than risk being captured and possibly ...

Fort Huachuca, Arizona - Prior to the commitment of U.S. combat troops to the conflict in Vietnam in 1965, the Military Assistance Command--Vietnam, MACV, received intelligence support from two Army ...

No matter the variant, the AC-130 is jam-packed with the sort of weaponry one would expect to find on a “gunship.” The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is somewhat pedestrian as far as military aircraft goes—a ...

Editor's Note: This article is part of KSAT’s special, "50 Years After The Fall: From Saigon to San Antonio," highlighting how the war in Vietnam affected veterans in the Alamo City and South Texas.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A U.S. Air Force Staff sergeant returned home to Kentucky decades after he was killed in the Vietnam War. Kentucky State Police led a procession escorting the remains of U.S.