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Rembrandt Cecil Robinson (October 2, 1924 – May 8, 1972) was a United States Navy officer who was stationed in the Tonkin Gulf during the Vietnam War.Robinson died in 1972, in a helicopter crash; he was the only Navy flag officer killed during the Vietnam War.
Two Không quân Nhân dân Việt Nam (Vietnam People's Air Force) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19s collide in mid-air over Nội Bài airfield, North Vietnam, during practice for air display to celebrate the North Vietnamese victory in the Vietnam War. Both pilots killed. [13] 8 May
All told, the U.S. Air Force flew 5.25 million sorties over South Vietnam, North Vietnam, northern and southern Laos, and Cambodia, losing 2,251 aircraft: 1,737 to hostile action, and 514 in accidents. 2,197 of the losses were fixed-wing, and the remainder rotary-wing. The USAF sustained approximately 0.4 losses per 1,000 sorties during the ...
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It has been called the "best photo from the war"; it was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and was featured in the 2017 documentary The Vietnam War. [3] [4] [5] In May 1968, during Operation Toan Thang I, an American-led offensive against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces in Saigon, Greenspon was wounded in the face by a spent shell at Tan Son ...
Không quân Nhân dân Việt Nam (Vietnam People's Air Force) Shenyang J-6 of the Trung đoàn Không quân Tiêm kích 925 (925th Fighter Regiment) ran out of fuel after a CAP mission, deadsticked from an altitude of 1,400 meters, descended too rapidly, and overran the runway at Yên Bái Air Base, North Vietnam. The plane overturned and ...
It was carried out on 29–30 April 1975, during the last days of the Vietnam War. More than 7,000 people were evacuated by helicopter from various points in Saigon. The airlift resulted in a number of enduring images. Evacuation plans already existed as a standard procedure for American embassies.
In March, nine soldiers were killed when two U.S. Army Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopters crashed during a routine nighttime training exercise about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of ...