We’ve been learning about Karl Porisch’s Vietnam service, piloting CH-46 helicopters with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 (MMH 263) out of Marble Mountain Airfield south of Danang. He arrived ...
This article delves into the UH-60 Blackhawk's maneuverability and agility and whether the midair pax jet collision was avoidable by the UH-60 pilots.
We’ve been following Karl Porisch, who graduated from Mankato State in 1968 and completed Marine Corps officer and helicopter flight training. The Marines assigned Karl to Okinawa, while his spouse ...
Valérie André, who has died aged 102, was a brain surgeon, parachutist and pioneering helicopter pilot – the first woman to fly helicopter missions in combat zones, and also the first woman to ...
For Libbie Hegvik, the story of the Donut Dollies is personal. Her parents found love in Vietnam during the height of the war ...
Memories of flying and the guys he flew with came flooding back for former pilot Berchman Richard of Alexandria after seeing an AH-56 Cheyenne helicopter ... that was used in Vietnam. “ ...
While attending the Edison Institute High School in Dearborn, Michigan, Kettles honed his love of flying ... Helicopter Company, 14th Combat Aviation Battalion, and deployed to Vietnam from ...