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There were about 11,846 U.S helicopters that served in the Vietnam War. The U.S records show 5,607 helicopter losses. [3] In total, the United States military lost in Vietnam almost 10,000 aircraft (3,744 planes, [4] 5,607 helicopters [3] and about 1,000 UAVs. [1] [5] South Vietnam lost 1,018 aircraft and helicopters from January 1964 to ...
The crash site was in a muddy rice paddy near the Saigon River, one mile (1.6 km) from the nearest road. Most of the survivors were in the upper deck, while most of the people in the lower deck were killed. Fire engines could not reach the site, and helicopters had to set down some distance from the wreckage.
March 12, 1967: C-130E 63-7772, c/n 3838, of the 345th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed on take-off from An Khe, South Vietnam – disturbance by helicopter. April 16, 1967 : C-130B 58-0722 , c/n 3517, of the 29th Troop Carrier Squadron, 463d Troop Carrier Wing, crashed on go-around at Bảo Lộc , South Vietnam – ammunition load exploded.
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A Vietnamese military helicopter on a parachute training mission crashed close to the Vietnamese capital on Monday, killing 16 people on board and critically injuring five ...
175th Assault Helicopter Company (September 1966-February 1972) [2]: 122 199th Assault Helicopter Company (July 1967-October 1970) [ 2 ] : 122 502nd Aviation Battalion (December 1964-September 1966) [ 2 ] : 123
Six people are dead after a helicopter crashed in Logan County, West Virginia, on Wednesday, authorities said. 6 dead after Vietnam-era helicopter crashes in West Virginia Skip to main content
Knife 31 was hit by two RPGs, which ignited its left fuel tank and ripped away the nose of the helicopter. It crashed in a fireball fifty meters offshore. The copilot, five Marines, and two Navy corpsmen were killed in the crash, another Marine drowned swimming from the wreck and three Marines were killed by gunfire trying to reach the beach. A ...
Rep. Dean Phillips visits the site where his father, Army Capt. Arthur "Artie" Pfefer was killed in the Vietnam War when Phillips was 6 months old.