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, ...

The war in Vietnam served as the piston aircraft's last great campaign. The Douglas A-1 Skyraider may not have the name ...

On January 27, 1973, the Paris Peace Accords, which ended the Vietnam War, was signed. However, on February 5, 1973, the ...

When the A-1 Skyraider entered the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Air Force (VPAF) was flying MiG-17s, MiG-21s, and other similar aircraft, all of which were jets. Despite this, the A-1 ...

The aircraft’s design reflected hard lessons learned early during the Vietnam War, where slow-moving, observation-oriented aircraft like the O-1 Bird Dog had proven vulnerable to ground fire.

ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL) — Helicopters are synonymous with military operations today. If it weren’t for the Vietnam War, things wouldn’t be that way. It’s dubbed the “Helicopter War,” as ...

The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office has upgraded a Vietnam War-era aircraft from 1973 with modern technology to handle ...

Vietnam's combat aircraft fleet was supplied by the Soviet Union and later Russia. Vietnam has also purchased a dozen Yak-130 training aircraft from Moscow in 2019, all of which have been delivered.

The aircraft he flew to rescue the ambassador, its call sign “Lady Ace 09,” now resides in Hangar 297. ... South Vietnam, during the last days of the Vietnam War in 1975.

Downing, 33, was piloting one of two aircraft in a nighttime armed reconnaissance mission over what was then known as the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on Sept. 5, 1967.

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 ...