Duty stations: Vietnam, Thailand; Clark Air Force Base, Philippine Islands; Tacoma, Wash.; Phoenix, Ariz. His story: Alan Price wanted to be an Air Force pilot from the time he was in sixth grade.
MILITARY HONORS: Air Force Good Conduct Medal, Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. OCCUPATION: Retired ...
CEDAR SPRINGS, Mich. — William Kyle Gowen spent his 21st birthday landing in Vietnam. The year was 1968, and he was a Marine Corps medic. "Stayed there 10 and a half months," said Gowen. "Got three ...
SHALIMAR —- More than 30 veterans of the Vietnam War or their surviving spouses were honored Friday at the Air Force Enlisted Village (AFEV) with lapel pins and certificates honoring their service in ...
One Kansas veteran was an Air Force asset on the ground in Vietnam, and later served the country in the Army National Guard ...
In December 1971, Gene Hamner, Raven 12, was flying a T-28 aircraft along the Nam Ou River in Laos. Armed with .50-caliber machine guns and high-explosive rockets, Hamner and the CIA officer in his ...
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Richard Yada turned 18, enrolled at the University of Arkansas and decided to enlist in the United States Air Force. Yada enrolled in the ROTC program and signed up to serve four ...
American airpower was supposed to be untouchable in Vietnam. Instead, U.S. pilots found themselves struggling against smaller, more agile MiGs and losing more often than anyone expected. The decline ...
Captain Charlie Plumb stepped onto the runway of Travis Air Force base in Fairfield on Friday, the same runway he'd stepped onto 50 years ago after spending nearly six years in a prisoner of war camp ...
Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Bronco’s missions included observation, forward air control, helicopter escort, armed reconnaissance, gunfire support, utility and limited ground attack. The Air ...
The Vietnam War was a vast calamity that cost millions of lives. In the chaos of the air war, MiGs and Phantom fighters ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The remains of an Air Force colonel missing since 1969 are finally back home. The aircraft containing the remains of Ernest De Soto arrived at San Francisco International ...