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t. e. Operation Frequent Wind was the final phase in the evacuation of American civilians and "at-risk" Vietnamese from Saigon, South Vietnam, before the takeover of the city by the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) in the Fall of Saigon. It was carried out on 29–30 April 1975, during the last days of the Vietnam War.
Twilight Zone accident. On July 23, 1982, a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter crashed at Indian Dunes [ 2 ] in Valencia, California, United States, during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie. The crash killed actor Vic Morrow and child actors Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen, who were on the ground, and injured the six helicopter passengers.
South Vietnam lost 1,018 aircraft and helicopters from January 1964 to September 1973. [6] 877 Republic of Vietnam aircraft were captured at war's end (1975) [7] Of the 2750 [8] aircraft and helicopters received by South Vietnam, only about 308 survived (240 flew to Thailand or US warships [9] and 68 returned to the United States [10]).
Years active. 1968–2007. Arthur Greenspon (born 1942) is an American retired photographer, notable for his coverage of the Vietnam War. Greenspon went to the war as a stringer for United Press International after selling his car to fund the air fare. He covered the Battle of Khe Sanh and Battle of Huế in early 1968 before being caught in an ...
v. t. e. The fall of Saigon[9] was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong on 30 April 1975. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the collapse of the South Vietnamese state, leading to a transition period and the formal reunification of Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ...
Aerial photographer. Brian Shul (8 February 1948 – 20 May 2023) was an American pilot and photographer. A Vietnam War -era attack pilot and a major in the United States Air Force (USAF), he flew 212 combat missions and was shot down near the end of the war. He was so badly burned that he was given next to no chance to live.
1,275 wounded, captured or deserted [5] Operation Junction City was an 82-day military operation conducted by United States and Republic of Vietnam (RVN or South Vietnam) forces begun on 22 February 1967 during the Vietnam War. It was the first U.S. combat airborne operation since the Korean War and one of the largest Airmobile operations of ...
Baron 52 was the call sign of a United States Air Force EC-47 carrying eight crew members that was shot down over Laos during the predawn hours of 5 February 1973, a week after the Paris Peace Accords officially ended the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. [1] The remains of four crewmen were recovered from the crash site, but those ...