After Lt. Col. Robert Stirm was released from a POW camp in Vietnam, the iconic photo of him reuniting with his family was ...

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 ...

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

A U.S. Air Force airman from Boling who vanished during one of the Vietnam War’s deadliest and most classified incidents has ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

"Thesis presented to the faculty of the School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, for completion of graduation requirements, Academic Year 2001-2." "May 2004." Lt Col Haun ...

When I was in college, the Vietnam War was raging. I didn’t see any way to avoid it, and I didn’t want to run from it. So I joined Air ...

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 ...