and A-4 Skyhawk ground-attack aircraft); and three squadrons of USMC F-4s fighters. As historian Earl H. Tilford Jr. in his ...

The airframe resulted from a Bureau of Aeronautics request for an all-weather attack aircraft that could one, perform short-distance takeoffs and landings; two, perform long-range interdiction ...

In addition, a T-28 Trojan was the first American fixed-wing attack aircraft lost in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Capt. Robert L. Simpson, USAF, Detachment 2A, 1st Air Commando Group ...

U.S. military aircraft were spotted landing at Boston Logan International Airport on Friday ahead of a funeral for a “true ...

On the night of Feb. 24, 1969, Airman 1st Class Levitow was serving as the loadmaster aboard an AC-47, codename “Spooky 71,” ...

An pilot’s memoir of high-risk reconnaissance and aerial intelligence-gathering in Vietnam.

BOSTON — U.S. military aircraft were spotted landing at Boston ... who spent more than six years in captivity during the Vietnam War. Captain Richard Stratton, a Vietnam War Navy veteran from ...

Captain Richard Stratton, a Vietnam War Navy veteran from Quincy, died in mid-January. He was 93. Before his funeral on Saturday, military aircraft were arriving at Boston Logan, and Gov.