The war was lost in 1954 when the French were removed from Indochina before it was renamed Vietnam. That was the beingging of a very sad and sorry end which was completed in 1975. After spending $163bn in 17yrs what did the US achieve one asks? Anything of benefit? Id be hard pressed to name one...

Vietnam War chopper to touch down in Livermore (EXCERPT) Huey 091 is on a final journey to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, by Lea Blevins, STAFF WRITER LIVERMORE -- A Vietnam War helicopter will land at the Livermore Municipal Airport on Thursday as part of its final...

Vietnam Veterans Working To Restore Helicopter Used In War (EXCERPT) Suffolk Life Newspapers, NY - 12 hours ago... It had been shot at "countless times," according to the men. Sure enough, on the far side of the helicopter, several patches were indeed visible, Vietnam... U.S. and friendly nation...

Kerry Coverage: Conservative Bias? August 23, 2004 George W. Bush spent those same years in a state of dissolution at Yale, and would go on, as we know, to plot how to get out of going to Southeast Asia. On that subject, here's a choice quote. "I was not prepared to shoot my eardrum out with a...

Vietnam search to continue to find remains of Waterford pilot (EXCERPT) July 2, 2003, 10:12 AM EDT NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) _ A search in the mountainous jungles of Vietnam for the remains of a Waterford pilot did not turn up any significant artifacts, his family said. Another search is planned...

Has anyone on the NG heard of this story? There's a set of documents with uncorrelated info on POW-MIA cases in SEA that was declassified in '78, and I was checking them at my college library and I noticed one report mentioning that a USAF pilot took his girlfriend on a joyride in the backseat of...

Vietnam Huey to fly month=long US tour en route to Smithsonian (EXCERPT) Rotorhub, UK - 20 hours ago A Vietnam-era Huey helicopter will take off on Tuesday 10 February from the main plant of Bell Helicopter, a Textron Company, in Fort Worth on a journey to the... U.S. and friendly nation laws...

The Air Force Association's Vietnam War Almanac is at http://www.afa.org/magazine/Sept2004/0904vietnam.pdf Mike 602nd SOS, 56th SOW

Videos Su-37 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/superflanker.htm F-22 http://luke.megagis.lt/AirExtreme/F22/002.mpg Commets ? Alejandro Magno

I've seen a lot of them but this is easily one of the most impressive IMO. http://www.xmission.com/~sferrin/s300pmu.mpeg In the clip where they fire off two it looks like either they're trying to shoot down the first with the second or they have two going after a single target from different...

As many of you know, Israel stopped being a Democracy in the 90's when, to counter the Arab census, they brought in a bunch of Russians who agreed to be called Jews (although there were no Jewish institutions in Russia for over 90 years). Later, they brought in a bunch of Abyssinians, but still not...

Was travelling in train and reading the Finnish book about Brewsters. Thought to make a short list of the most successful Brewsters in Finnish service - might give some good food for though: Brewster (Finnish serial) - number of aerial victories - total hours flown - pilots and their personal...

In the book "Mig-Pilot" The ghost author writes that Mig's were Scrambled to intercept Sr-71's that flew just outside of Soviet Airspace in the mid 1970's. The Blackbird's allegedly would "scoop up to altitudes that the Mig-25's couldn't reach or dash off at speeds the Mig-25's couldn't match"...

Vic Tatelman is one of the last surviving pilots of the 345th BG, the Air Apaches. He sent me some WW2 photos which I post on the web, with his permission. Please go to http://members.cox.net/mlewisu2/ He checks the Guest Log and you are invited to leave a message for him. Vic is a fine...

Dear Forum members, I wonder if anyone can help me with information on a particular ejection, especially the pilot. I believe that the information given below is correct. Harry Veland F-8A Crusader VF-32 BuNo 142414

Happy Veterans Day to all of those who served this country(USA) so we can enjoy our life, liberty and pursuit of happiness....May God Bless you all.

Veteran revists site of tragic crash (EXCERPT) JOSEPH B. NADEAU , Staff Writer 02/20/2004 WOONSOCKET -- Raymond A. Noury, 80, has plenty of memories of his days fighting in the skies over Europe during World War II but most aren’t the type to dwell upon.

Veteran fighter pilots try to help close training gap (EXCERPT) Associated Press SUMTER--The Air Force is dealing with a training gap, By pairing veteran Reserve fighter pilots with less-experienced fliers. While the Air Force needs 330 to 380 new pilots a year, it has the resources to train...

My young nephew is convinced that the F-14 can land vertically, as in drop straight down and land. As far as I can tell, that just ain't so. From the right perspective, can it ever appear that an F-14 is 'hovering' and 'dropping down' onto a carrier deck? (I thought F-14 carrier landings would...

Vert reps: Routine, dangerous (EXCERPT) , By Scott Schonauer, Stars and Stripes European edition, Monday, February 9, 2004 ABOARD THE USS BATAAN — The helicopter drifted above the ship’s flight deck and hovered within feet of Pvt. John Purcell’s helmet. His mission: Latch a piece of cargo to the...