The introduction of the helicopter changed how armies operate. This multi-role aircraft can be a potent offensive weapon, an efficient transport method, a crucial medevac resource, and a versatile ...

Lt. j.g. John Koelsch was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism as a rescue helicopter pilot during the Korean War. (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command) During the Korean War, Lt. j ...

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 they were used for ...

Vietnam War medevac helicopter crews will be the latest military group to receive the highest award Congress can bestow. The Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act won final ...

The 1950s were a time of rapid innovation in aviation. The world emerged from World War II with an intense curiosity about ...

Pilot John Morgan flew one of the helicopters evacuating people out of Saigon. When Iowa native John Morgan received orders to assist with the Vietnam War, it was a “tremendous surprise.” President ...

ST. LOUIS – A powerful reunion more than five decades in the making is happening in St. Louis. Two Vietnam War helicopter pilots who haven’t seen each other since one saved the other’s life in combat ...

The front rotor of an Israeli helicopter that crashed on Mount Hermon during a rescue operation in 1974. Israeli soldiers during a routine operation in Syria found the rotor head of an Air Force ...

A collection of artifacts and historical materials from the long-shuttered Naval Air Station Glenview—including a helicopter and a World War II-era aircraft engine recovered from Lake Michigan—will ...

In the spring of 1968, Donald P. Gervais’s helicopter crashed into a ravine in the dangerous A Shau Valley in the Republic of Vietnam. He was declared missing in action (MIA) for 10 years until the ...