The door gunner in a UH-1B Huey gunship fires on Vietcong positions during a search-and-destroy mission in the Mekong Delta, January 23, 1968.Bettmann/Getty Images US commandos fought a covert war in ...

U.S. Army Huey helicopter #174 has been transformed into an art installation. — -- On Feb. 14, 1969, U.S. Army Huey helicopter #174 was gunned down while on a medical rescue mission in Vietnam, ...

This was an interview with Victor 'Vic' Smith, a Vietnam veteran who served with the RAAF No. 9 Squadron as a huey door gunner. Despite being a dangerous job, vets who served as door gunners have been ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — They consider their reunions therapy. “We all have post-traumatic stress—and we talk about war. So ironic, isn’t it…” Jim Pfister was a private and a door gunner on a UH-1 Huey ...

Dennis Louth was in combat near Pleiku, South Vietnam, for 48 consecutive days in 1967, but one day stands out. That was the day the gunner had to fly a Huey helicopter back to its base under fire ...

DALEVILLE — When Sgt. Thomas Edwards received an Army commendation medal for heroism for lifesaving actions as a door gunner with the 134th Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam, it was mailed to him.

The Bell UH-1Y Venom (also called Super Huey) is a twin-engine medium size utility helicopter, part of the United States Marine Corps' H-1 upgrade program. The helicopter is also called Yankee for its ...

PORT CLINTON — Father’s Day is coming up on June 19, and instead of a new tie or socks the Yankee Air Museum thinks Dad might prefer going a ride in a vintage war machine. The museum announced its ...