We’ve been learning about Karl Porisch’s Vietnam service, piloting CH-46 helicopters with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 (MMH 263) out of Marble Mountain Airfield south of Danang. He arrived ...
We’ve been following Karl Porisch, who graduated from Mankato State in 1968 and completed Marine Corps officer and helicopter flight training. The Marines assigned Karl to Okinawa, while his spouse ...
when the United States was engaged in the Vietnam War and needed pilots. Fixed-wing-qualified, Kettles volunteered for Active Duty. He attended Helicopter Transition Training at Fort Wolters ...
Dozens of Su-30MK2 and Yak-130 fighter jets, along with Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopters, are undergoing training in preparation ... The place marks the end of the Vietnam War on April 30, 1975. Over the ...
"Occasionally we hear of those first responders running toward the danger. Dustoff crews did it every day, over and over again," said Major General Patrick Brady. Recently, a group of Vietnam War ...