Operation Linebacker I was the venue by which both the USN and USAF produced their first aces (five or more enemy aircraft destroyed in air-to-air combat) of the Vietnam War: Christian D. Orr is a ...

Vietnam experiences of Navy vets from Florida helped Keith Saliba tell his "Crucible" story of America at war in the pivotal ...

American tactics in Vietnam can be ... ‘military advisors’ to combat troops. In July 1965, Johnson sent another 100,000 troops, and a further 100,000 in 1966. Air and Artillery American ...

The USAF aircraft maintenance program continues to evolve as America strengthens it warfighting posture worldwide.

Of course, in the parlance of the Counterculture movement that was taking hold alongside the Vietnam War (in opposition to that conflict), “puff the magic dragon” had a very different connotation. As ...

Author, historian and Vietnam veteran Marc Leepson's new book, "The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW's Story of Courage ...

I was nine years old in 1964 when the Gulf of Tonkin incident spurred the United States to expand combat operations in Vietnam. Little did I know that the war would persist throughout my high ...

The fighting is recounted in six half-hour programs: "The Chopper War"; "Air Power at Khe Sanh: Marines in Battle"; "River, Seas and Air: The Navy at War"; "Tank Attack!"; "Jungle Warfare"; and ...

So then, that begs the question: did any Soviet troops also engage in combat against the United States during the latter country’s major shooting war in ... North Vietnam’s air defenses ...

This year marks a handful of important anniversaries in the history of the Vietnam War ... major combat engagement at the Battle of Ia Drang and the U.S. Army first used the Air Assault tactic ...

A United States pilot who disappeared while conducting a spy mission during the Vietnam War has finally been accounted for, military officials said Tuesday. U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W.