To bolster its beleaguered Army of the Republic of Vietnam ally, the U.S. military sent airpower assets in force. As I’ve ...

As I noted in my recent story on the passing of Col. Perry Dahl (USAF, ret.) at the ripe old age of 101, American fighter aces—i.e., combat aviators who destroyed five or more enemy aircraft in aerial ...

Narrated by Ethan Hawke, the docuseries combines vivid footage of battles with interviews with people who fought on both ...

In commemoration of the final end of the Vietnam War and the fall of Saigon, Apple TV+ will premiere a new documentary that ...

Rear Adm. Kenneth W. “Pete” Pettigrew’s Vietnam success made him the only Top Gun instructor to put his training to practical ...

Airman First Class Albert Moore became the last B-52 gunner to down an enemy aircraft with rear guns in any American war.

America prizes air superiority in its approach to warfare, but there’s a growing sentiment among many within the defense apparatus that dogfights, or close-quarters air-to-air combat, is a thing ...

Thank you for supporting Montana Free Press and being a part of our community. Helena resident Diane Carlson Evans, a Vietnam War combat nurse and long-time advocate for military women, was recently ...

During the Vietnam War, Weatherly resident Phil Jeffries saw firsthand the horror of that conflict despite never having to ...

An pilot’s memoir of high-risk reconnaissance and aerial intelligence-gathering in Vietnam.

Cmdr. Clyde Lassen piloted a dangerous rescue mission in 1968 to save two Naval aviators shot down in the jungle ...

Cunningham, the sole U.S. Navy ace pilot of the Vietnam War, called him “the greatest ... he also served as an instructor in air-to-ground and air-to-air combat in the newly formed U.S. Navy ...