April 21 ceremony in Hutchinson will honor Vietnam veteran Lyle Mackedanz
It has been nearly 50 years since Hutchinson native Lyle E. Mackedanz disappeared in Vietnam. While serving with the 17th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 16th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade as ...
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Answer behind Washington DC air crash may come sooner than usual
Correspondent Sean Whelan reports that given where the Washington DC air crash happened, the involvement of the military, the ...
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The UH-60 Black Hawk Can Do Almost Anything
Given the variety and flexibility of the Black Hawk, dozens of nations have imported one variant or another for their own ...
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The CL-945 Flying CARR Was an Airplane That Could Become a Helicopter
Lockheed’s Flying CARR made this concept a reality.” The notion of a fixed-wing airplane that can turn into a rotary-wing ...
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Seven soldiers awarded Medals of Honor
Capt. Hugh Nelson Jr. On June 5, 1966, after an enemy attack forced Nelson to crash-land his Huey helicopter near Moc Hoa, Vietnam, Nelson would make the ultimate sacrifice for his crew as they ...
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The Terrifying Ride of Copter 17
Just like whitewater, winds can swirl like a whirlpool or crash down on ... 412 is a descendant of the Huey, the helicopter made famous for its ubiquity during the Vietnam War.
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Nation's highest military award for valor in action posthumously awarded to Rocky Mount native
A U.S. Army helicopter pilot from Rocky Mount who lost his life more than 58 years ago during the Vietnam ... on board a Huey chopper that he had been piloting and that had crashed after coming ...
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In Memoriam: Conrad Blasco Stergas
Conrad Blasco Stergas was born on October 7, 1942 in Gloversville, New York, the son of Blasco and Eoo Stergas, and was ...
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Helicopter gets new life in tribute to Vietnam War veterans
A centerpiece to the main drive through Okeechobee is missing. The helicopter at Veterans Park on Northwest Park Street is being renovated back to its former glory.
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What Caused the Black Hawk Helicopter Crash Over Washington?
Describing something as a “Continuity of Government” operation is a blanket term. The helicopter unit out of Fort Belvoir that the downed Black Hawk belonged to is charged with VIP flights throughout ...
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Helicopter in DC plane crash was flying twice as high as it should have, lacked new tech as FAA nixes all chopper traffic near collision site
The US Army was facing mounting backlash for running military helicopter training exercises near one of the United States’ most congested airports in the wake of Wednesday’s crash. U.S. Coast ...
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What we know about the American Airlines plane and Army helicopter crash over D.C.'s Potomac River
A passenger jet and a Black Hawk helicopter that collided in midair Wednesday and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., left no survivors. Some of the ...