We’re going in.” At dawn on July 23, 1970, operations began to evacuate Fire Support Base Ripcord, in the A Shau Valley of ...

The Bell UH-1 "Huey" is no mere helicopter - it is the symbol of death and survival. From the horrors of Vietnam's jungle ...

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 268’s digitized “Our Photo Album” will be presented at Terry’s Corners Volunteer Fire Company on Veterans Day. The 7 p.m. showing is free and open to all, and was ...

Geoff Vidal may have been the youngest Australian pilot to serve in Vietnam - flying Huey helicopters in some of the most ...

During the Vietnam War, existence could come down to a single factor. If the Huey helicopters come, you live. If they don’t, you die. In countless nightmarish situations the sound of one’s salvation ...

YOUNGSTOWN – Vietnam veterans might get a catch in their throat when they hear the familiar and distinct “whoop, whoop” of the rotor blades as the Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter, dubbed the “Huey,” ...

Video consisting of selections from a documentary on the use of the Huey helicopter during the Vietnam War. This video accompanies The Price of Freedom: Americans at War online exhibit and is meant ...

PORTAGE, MI —The unmistakable thumping of a Vietnam War-era UH-1N Huey helicopter was felt as propellors whooshed above the Kalamazoo area Saturday. The Air Zoo partnered with Michigan Flight Museum ...

The annual Veterans Day parade and memorial ceremony will honor past, present and future service members Sunday at Reaves Park. Originally called Armistice Day in 1919 to commemorate the end of World ...

The idea of the helicopter dates back to the Renaissance—but the contraptions could not be built until the development of modern aerospace engineering during the interwar period.