After an emotional trip, Air Force veteran Bob Jeffrey got a surprise tribute from crews at LAX before returning home to ...

Lt. Col. Donald Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft during a night mission when his plane disappeared in a fireball. (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency via AP) MADISON, Wis. — Federal ...

American airpower was supposed to be untouchable in Vietnam. Instead, U.S. pilots found themselves struggling against smaller, more agile MiGs and losing more often than anyone expected. The decline ...

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) — When Ron Townsend graduated from high school in 1966, he couldn’t decide between the Air Force and the Marines. “My dad was in the Air Force. He’s an Army [and] Air Force ...

VALPARAISO — The Vietnam War is often remembered for its brutality of fighting in jungle warfare. But amid the chaos, one humanitarian effort stood out as a rare moment of hope: Operation New Arrivals ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – One Kansas veteran was an Air Force asset on the ground in Vietnam, and later served the country in the Army National Guard and Air National Guard. “We didn’t have a whole lot ...

“The Ballad of Robin Olds” by Dick Jonas (Lt. Col, USAF, ret.). But it was his Vietnam service—more specifically during Operation Bolo on January 2, 1967—that would cement his status as a brilliant ...

If the TP-150 gains popularity with Western air forces, it would be a tangible symbol of the Vietnamese People’s Air Force (VPAF) keeping pace with the West. One of the many things I love about being ...