Let’s take a closer look at the fixed-wing, and rotary-wing, aircraft in Coppola’s masterpiece. The most prominently featured aircraft in Apocalypse Now is the Bell UH-1 Iroquois, known as the “Huey.” ...

Charles “Chuck” Stephen Haeflinger, a helicopter pilot in Vietnam and active member of the Chino Hills community, died on Feb ...

Vietnam hero Capt. Curtis Wayne Fitzgerald I, 77, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 4. Services for Fitzgerald, under the direction of Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home, are set for 1 p.m. Friday, Feb.

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 ...

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.

WFLX morning anchor Mike Trim talked with those spearheading this project which is also a big effort to honor veterans of the ...

Beginning on April 29, 1975, Armed Forces Radio jarringly blasted the Christmas song throughout the bombarded city as ...

Designers and crew like to give their aircraft nicknames—very often, the nickname that sticks is from an attribute of the ...

A gunship helicopter is a helicopter that is heavily armed with weapons. They may contain machine guns or cannons, and help ...

Correspondent Sean Whelan reports that given where the Washington DC air crash happened, the involvement of the military, the ...

The Black Hawk helicopter has been in service since 1979, but what makes it so special, that 36 countries use it? Here's ...

Lockheed’s Flying CARR made this concept a reality.” The notion of a fixed-wing airplane that can turn into a rotary-wing ...