Airborne Operations
Kathy Manney |
Published: September 13, 2006 at 11:53 am
An American relief effort worked nonstop to evacuate abandoned Amerasian children from Vietnam before Saigon fell.
Published: September 05, 2006 at 9:41 am
Keeping the famed Afrika Korps supplied during its desert blitzkrieg was a logistical nightmare for the German high command. Allied forces were determined to deny Field Marshal Albert Kesselring's fleet of huge transport planes access to North Africa.By Vincent Cortright
Published: September 01, 2006 at 2:14 pm
The 40th Bomb Group tamed America's biggest and deadliest bombers of World War II -- the Boeing B-29 Superfortresses -- to help subdue the Japanese.By Daniel Wyatt
Sam McGowan |
Published: September 01, 2006 at 1:56 pm
Operation Niagara, the air effort in support of the Marine base at Khe Sanh, is usually thought of in terms of the enormous bomb loads dropped on the surrounding enemy positions, but equally critical was the aerial resupply of the base's defenders.
Published: August 31, 2006 at 3:14 pm
Allied bombers ravaged Germany's second city in the summer of 1943.By David H. Lippman
Published: July 28, 2006 at 11:10 am
World War II in the Pacific was a fight to seize and defend airfields. The Japanese made gaining and maintaining control of the air as much a requirement in their basic war strategy as they did the destruction of the …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:17 pm
As soon as he put on Uncle Sam's olive drab, Leonard Rosen knew he wanted to be a paratrooper.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:17 pm
All hell broke loose as the 'Slicks' approached the landing zone. But you did not break formation. You sucked it up and flew into the bowels of the Grim Reaper.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:17 pm
Filmmaker Richard Jellerson flew helicopters in Vietnam long before he made his acclaimed documentary about the helicopter war.
Bruce L. Crawford |
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
An obscure U.S. Navy fighter did yeoman duty when times were toughest early in World War II.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Its development was kept under wraps for 14 years, but by 1991, the F-117 Nighthawk had become a household word.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
During the Eighth Air Force's last mission over Europe, members of the 324th Bomb Squadron became embroiled in a dispute with their commanding officer.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
The North Vietnamese Army had An Loc cut off and besieged. But they could not stop the U.S. Air Force airlifters who kept that outpost alive.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
At a time when the Japanese reguarded his Bell P-39 as 'cold meat', Dick Suehr scored his first victory against a Zero. When he got to fly the Lockheed P-38, he did even better.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Thanks to its sleek looks and its brilliant use by the American Volunteer Group in China, the P-40 was one of World War II's most famous fighters -- but far from the best.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:14 pm
Marine pilots in their diminutive Douglas A-4 Skyhawks provided vital close air support for ground forces in Vietnam.
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