Vet flew missions over Vietnam as bombardier on a B-52

Dropping bombs on North Vietnam from a B-52 during the Vietnam War required access to information from down on the ground up to celestial heights, Air Force veteran Jim Colligan recalls. Colligan ...
WIBW

Salute Our Heroes: Vietnam veteran dedicates retirement to volunteering at local combat museum

Mike Welch has been a familiar face around the Combat Air Museum at Forbes Field, dedicating countless hours to construction projects and aircraft restoration since his retirement.
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5 Of The Worst Combat Jets To Fly In The Vietnam War

It's no secret that the Vietnam War was a rough time in U.S. history. Between the military's lack of preparedness for guerrilla warfare, waning support on both sides of the ocean, and North Vietnam's ...
The Providence Journal

Combat missions, a Christmas flight and the unrecognized role stewardesses played in Vietnam

Stewardess Anne Sweeney, a native of East Greenwich, readied herself for that flight. R&R trips tested the emotional capacity of the flight crews. Outbound from Vietnam, soldiers cheered when the ...
The Hill

What we should have learned (but may have forgotten) from the Vietnam War

The U.S. observes two national holidays each year to honor its military veterans. Memorial Day, held at the end of May, honors those who are dead. Veterans Day celebrates the nearly 18 million living ...
Stars and Stripes

Pacific Air Forces commander helps deliver modern training aircraft to Vietnam

This story has been corrected. Vietnam this week received the first of 12 military training aircraft scheduled for delivery through a U.S. program to strengthen partner nation militaries facing China.