During the Vietnam War, Maj. Robert Lodge chose death over the prospect of giving up information to enemy forces. (U.S. Air ...

remains one of the most iconic jets to have flown during the Vietnam War. The F-8 Crusader was a supersonic carrier-based aircraft manufactured by Chance Vought. Developed in 1952 at the Navy's ...

The USS Maddox’ likely incorrect report of an attack on August 4, 1964, paved the way for a dramatic escalation of the ...

The Skyknight was designed in response to a 1945 USN requirement for a jet-powered, radar-equipped, carrier-based night ...

The 1967 fire on the USS Forrestal aircraft carrier was one of the most devastating naval disasters in U.S. history. It ...

Among other things, the Vietnam War served as the proving grounds for three famous U.S. Navy ”A-planes,” namely ... this article—as a reconnaissance aircraft, thusly redesignated the ...

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group departed Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton in Washington for a scheduled deployment to the Western ...

Sitting peacefully amid us in the Pacific Northwest is one of the defining symbols of a trigger-point to America’s involvement in Vietnam in the 1960s and '70s.

Mark I P.B.R. The US Navy created special riverine task ... publications on the Army's involvement in the Vietnam War. Examine the aircraft used in Vietnam on this site maintained by the National ...

When the U.S. entered the Korean War, the A-1 was the primary attack aircraft for the Navy and Marine Corps. In Vietnam, it was used primarily to strike ground targets, provide support ...

TASS/. Vietnam is interested in Russia’s Sukhoi and Yakovlev aircraft as well as in Mi military helicopters, Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Dmitry Shugayev ...