My family lived near Can Tho air base in South Vietnam, which was used by the U.S. Air Force and the Republic of Vietnam Air Force during the war. My father, Nguyen Van Dong, was an air force major.

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When most people think of America's 20th-century fighters, they likely picture something like the F-14 Tomcat featured in "Top Gun," the F-15 Eagle, or something similar. What people likely don't ...

TEMPLE— When he was shot down over North Vietnam during a search-and-rescue mission on September 20, 1965, retired U.S. Air Force Col. Jerry Curtis headed for cover to wait for ...

Just about every military service operated the A-1, including the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. Outside the U.S., the aircraft was flown by the South Vietnam Air Force, French Air ...

This story has been corrected. Vietnam this week received the first of 12 military training aircraft scheduled for delivery through a U.S. program to strengthen partner nation militaries facing China.

Then I told our Air Force to begin those mercy flights as ... 8 Mar: An estimated 100,000 refugees began moving from northern regions of South Vietnam toward Hue.10 Mar: Massive North Vietnamese ...