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Above & Beyond: Stealing the Show

May 2001 | By Doug Hinton

Norwegian troops (in rearmost rank) took over sponsorship of the First Kosovar Scouts, local school-age kids, when the Canadians returned home.

Memories of Kosovo

A helicopter pilot recalls his peacekeeping tour of duty over one of the world's most strife-torn regions.
January 2001 | By Jonathan Knaul

A munitions specialist prepares a bomb to be used during Operation Linebacker ove North Vietnam.

The Christmas Bombing

In December 1972, the B-52 bombers that North Vietnamese missile crews had been waiting for came to Hanoi. Night after night. Over virtually the same track.
January 2001 | By Marshall Michel

Flights & Fancy: The Last Laugh

January 2001 | By William K. Kershner

The MiG-17 was flown by only a few of the North Vietnamese aces, including Bay.

Nguyen Van Bay and the Aces From the North

As an F-4 Phantom pilot, I had tried to kill these men. And they had tried to kill me. I thought it was time we had a talk.
November 2000 | By Ralph Wetterhahn

The Heroes

Two airmen and extraordinary courage.
July 2000 | By John Sotham

Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopters in flight over Vietnam, ca. late 1960s/early 1970s.

Huey

If you remember Vietnam, you remember the Bell UH-1.
May 2000 | By John Sotham

Above & Beyond: Man Overboard!

May 2000 | By Keith Monroe

Alone and Unarmed

As unpiloted craft take over the reconnaissance mission, an intelligence insider looks back on the work that set recce pilots apart.
March 2000 | By Dino A. Brugioni

During the Vietnam War the air base at Long Tieng was a hub of Air America, Air commando, and Raven forard air control operations.

Ravens of Long Tieng

In the remote highlands of Laos, U.S. Air Force pilots fought a secret war.
November 1998 | By Ralph Wetterhahn

Heroes Welcome

Fifty years ago, they worked around the clock to keep Berlin from starving. Now, in a year-long celebration, Berlin invites them back.
July 1998 | By Linda Shiner

Bomberville

In which a tiny air force has an impact far greater than its numbers suggest.
March 1998 | By Lance Thompson

Robin Olds

Change of Command

When Robin Olds arrived in Vietnam, morale soared.
September 1997 | By Ralph Wetterhahn

Jolly Green Giant

Tullo and the Giant

For pilots shot down over North Vietnam, the way home was jolly and green.
July 1997 | By Robert Hanson

loaded C-47

Plausible Denial

A daring mission to fly combat in Vietnam came with a catch—no one else could know.
May 1997 | By Susan Katz Keating

OV-1 Mohawk

The Last of the Mohawks

Grumman's triple-tail, bug-eyed, heat-seeking camera platform.
March 1997 | By John Sotham

A-37 Dragonfly

Escape to U Taphao

In the final days of the Vietnam war, chaos and heroism converged in the effort to evacuate U.S.-supplied aircraft.
January 1997 | By Ralph Wetterhahn

The Open Gate

A B-57 crew faced the end of the world.
January 1994 | By Edwards Park

By the end of the war, Sabre pilots had attained a kill ratio of 10 to 1 against MiG-15s.  Most of the aerial warfare took place along the Yalu River in an area nicknamed MiG Alley.

A Single Daring Act

Memoirs of Korea by an acclaimed novelist.
November 1991 | By James Salter


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