TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Friends of Army Aviation will be hosting events across Kansas, one coming to Topeka, that will let families explore and ride along in a Vietnam-era UH-1 Huey Helicopter.

The non-profit group based in Brownsville made the dedication at a Veterans Day ceremony Monday morning. “Warriors United in Arms found a Vietnam-era helicopter that had been in service. It was ...

Long before the Vietnam conflict had ended, the “Huey” (its original Army designation was HU-1A, for Helicopter, Utility, Model 1A) was probably the most recognizable helicopter in the world ...

was a 1st Lieutenant during the Vietnam War and was honored for completing a daring rescue mission in the dead of night in 1968. He and another pilot — flying in a Cobra helicopter ...