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Navy aces Randy Cunningham and Willie Driscoll scored their first aerial kill in first US air engagement against North Vietnamese fighter in almost 2 years
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Agent Orange was quiet but deadly
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (205+ words) War is commonly thought to be loud for the most part but one tactical weapon used in the dense jungles of Vietnam War was quiet and deadly â the herbicide Agent Orange. October is designated as Agent Orange Awareness Month…...
NTF-ELCAC credits government development programs for decline in insurgency
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (369+ words) The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has attributed the declining influence of communist insurgents in rural communities to the government’s continued implementation of development and peace-building programs in formerly conflict-affected areas. In a statement Friday,…...
Attack Squadron 153: The Cold War To Vietnam Journey Of The Blue Tail Flies
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Operation Homecoming 1973: The Hanoi Taxi Flies the POWs Home
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (1219+ words) by Tamika Johnson | Oct 9, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments A column of buses stops beside a bomb-damaged hangar at Gia Lam Airport, Hanoi, just after noon on 12 February 1973. Inside are 116 American prisoners of war in identical new jackets that their…...
Proximity Fuze: The WWII Secret That Made Anti-Aircraft Fire Lethal
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