Westmont resident and Vietnam War veteran David Serikaku said that when he returned home from the war, someone in a business suit spat at him in the airport. "That was my reception," Serikaku said. "I ...
CHICO — They weren’t thanked then, but they have been thanked now. The Americans who served in Vietnam didn’t receive the respect upon returning home that the veterans of other foreign American war ...
After over 50 years of continuous service with the U.S. Air Force at Yokota Air Base, Tokyo, the 459th Airlift Squadron has now flown the type’s final missions over the Japanese capital. The 459th ...
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The distinctive “whomp, whomp” of UH-1N Huey helicopters is set to fade from the skies over western Tokyo as the Air Force prepares to retire the aircraft after more than six ...
The United States military was looking for a new helicopter to conduct battlefield medical evacuation (“medevac”) missions. On February 23, 1955, Bell Helicopters won the contract from the United ...
A few months ago, we showed you a collection of barnfind condition U.S. Army Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopters from the Vietnam War in the collection of a lovely museum in Western Pennsylvania. One that ...
President Duterte first mentions his desire to decommission the Huey choppers after the deadly crash of a UH-1D in Bukidnon The Philippine Air Force (PAF) on Friday, October 15, announced that it had ...
Click to open image viewer. In 1956, the Iroquois, commonly known as the Huey, first flew as an Army replacement for the H-13 medevac helicopter of Korean War fame. By the end of the 20th century, ...
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