vietnam war

William Blum in Killing Hope argued that: How substantiated is this assertion?

From last week: https://theaviationgeekclub.com/legendary-fighter-pilot-and-first-us-ace-of-the-vietnam-war-randy-duke-cunningham-passed-away/ https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/randy-duke-cunningham-vietnam-war-hero-convicted-accepting-125115035 Rest In Peace :(

https://vintageaviationnews.com/warbird-articles/today-in-aviation-history-captain-richard-s-steve-ritchie-becomes-the-first-u-s-air-force-ace-of-the-vietnam-war.html

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history/2025/june/recalling-bird-dogs-heroic-carrier-landing https://navalaviationmuseum.org/honoring-heroism-and-humanity/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Midway_(CV-41)

Is anyone familiar with this book on the C-5 Galaxy (ISBN 1681624389) published a good quarter of a century ago? I would be interested in a table of contents. Unfortunately, I can't find the book in any German library.

I saw a video about the history of night vision devices, ( View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9uuGkTgetk ) and someone in the comments claimed that soldiers using red NVD devices saw demons. Does this idea have any merit or can this claim be explained by hallucinations, reflection...

This thread is to examine the aircraft, systems, and networks that were involved in the 'electronic barrier' that was part of the McNamara Line, a defensive line developed to block North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers from accessing South Vietnam along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The aircraft...

Gonna park this in the Bar for now, if there's a better spot the mods can move it. I'm looking for a good book on PT boat operations in WW2, and a separate book about Swift Boats in Vietnam (I doubt there's one book that covers both). Anyone got some suggestions? Books written by PT or Swift...

I'd like to verify if there were other TACAN-equipped Lima sites in Laos apart from the following ones? LS-85 TACAN ch. 97 active till 1968 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lima_Site_85 LS-61 TACAN ch 77 at Muang Phalan active till 1967 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muang_Phalan_TACAN_Site

Admin suggestion: if there is an appropriate existing thread, please combine. The RAN has had a very spotty track record after 1945 with regards to actually landing forces on any of the islands in its neighborhood outside of existing port facilities. This first post is to establish what...

One of my hobbies is collecting waterline ship models in 1/1250 or 1/1200 scales covering the Cold War era. I have been trying to find the composition of USN units on the Yankee and Dixie Stations off Vietnam and Gonzo station in the Arabian Sea. Does anyone know a source?

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/AD0854931.pdf

Good Afternoon everyone, hope you are all doing well Lately i have been having a lot of thoughts about engine capabilities and i thought long and hard in regards to Orenda and other smaller engine manifacturers of the 50s and 60s, i thought about the Iroquois engine a lot and not only because of...

So as part of as a what-if scale model, I wrote up a backstory (if you want to see the whole build process check out whatifmodelers https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=53008.0). The interesting part was I wrote up a basic story and then used Google Gemini AI to re-write and basically...

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2024/06/19/first-black-navy-seal-william-goines-dies-at-88/ Rest In Peace. :(

I am currently writing a book on the Short Skyvan. I wonder if anyone has information (description, drawings etc) on Shorts project P.D.50 described as a "Skyvan VTOL test-bed", and P.D.62 listed in the Putnam as "Skyvan with B.L.C" but elsewhere as "Skyvan Feeder Liner". Both seem quite...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/04/dick-rutan-pilot-dies-aged-85 One of the greatest pilots has sadly left us.

Rare color footage Of The F-105 "Thud" Thunderchief Development Program

Hi everyone, We have already discussed a shorter/no Vietnam scenario already so I will not ask for changes related to this. However, what I was wondering about is whether having a second JFK term (due to no assassination) instead of a Johnson term would affect 1963-1968 procurement in any way...

In early 1970, the Aussies sent a request to Saab that they wanted to procure the in-development fighter variant of the Saab 37 Viggen (JA 37) as a replacement for their aging Mirage III. Saab got green light for export and sent classified preliminary documentation in December 1970. Swedish...