The Vietnam War was a vast calamity that cost millions of lives. In the chaos of the air war, MiGs and Phantom fighters ...

Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap earned his reputation as one of history's great military commanders on May 7, 1954, when 16,000 French soldiers surrendered to him at Dien Bien Phu after a 57-day siege. The ...

One Marine died and another was hospitalized after their helicopter crashed in a desert area of Imperial County during a training mission Thursday. An AH-1Z Viper carrying two pilots from Marine Light ...

The “Ugly Angels” of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 362 built their reputation in Vietnam flying the rugged UH-34 Choctaw on troop insertions, medevacs, and resupply missions under fire. Though ...

March, 1966. Quảng Ngãi Province, Republic of Vietnam. Operation UTAH - a joint operation between the U.S. Marines and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) to fight North Vietnamese Army (NVA) ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. — On Sept. 10, hundreds gathered at Veterans Memorial Park to dedicate the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association Memorial Monument, honoring the thousands of aviators and crew ...

A Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter went up in flames on Friday in a “ground mishap.” The helicopter caught fire on Friday, Aug. 22 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center in Twentynine ...

One pilot was killed in a late Thursday crash of an AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter in Southern California, the Marine Corps said Friday. A second crew member was injured. The helicopter from Marine ...

Jerry Haywood of Coshocton served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a sergeant during the Vietnam War from 1967 to 1969. Haywood is still chaplain of Coshocton County Vietnam Veterans and was president of ...