As Memorial Day approaches, thoughts turn to the men and women who served in the U.S. military and never came home.

It serves as a reminder of the heavy price to be paid by those doing the fighting when impractical or even impossible orders ...

Helicopters made a big difference in World War II, but some have gone unnoticed. Here are the five that should be recognized and their specs.

His country had fallen. The enemy was approaching. South Vietnamese Air Force Maj. Buang-Ly knew his life and the lives of his wife, and their five young children, ages 1 through 6, were in danger as ...

“It’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen,” said Byron Jones, a former Army captain who led a platoon of OH-6 Cayuse scout helicopters in Vietnam. “I wish they’d let me fly it.

“I saw the carnage in Vietnam. And, you know, you read about and you can ... Vega, a door gunner aboard a Loach scout helicopter for one dangerous year, said one great irony of the war was that, in a ...

Charles McMahon Jr. from Massachusetts were the last two Americans to die in the Vietnam War. That same day, Capt. Craig Nystul and First Lt. Michael J. Shea died when their helicopter crashed ...

nimble scout helicopter during the Vietnam War. Later, the design evolved into the Model 500 series, which became a favourite among both military and civilian operators. When McDonnell Douglas ...

Both the U.S. Army and Marine Corps deployed the Mojave in Vietnam, but by the late '60s ... to as "Loach," is a small single-engine scout helicopter that entered service in 1966.

When thinking about the Vietnam War, what comes to mind ... Following the marriage of the Huey and the Sioux Scout helicopters, Bell produced and rolled out the Model 209 in September 1965 ...

The Huey is as an iconic piece to the Vietnam War as the Jeep was to World ... usually led by a scout helicopter flying tree top level. Behind them, Johnsen said there would be two Hueys with ...

WELL, YOU’LL HEAR SOUNDS FROM THE PAST OVER THE METRO IN THE NEXT WEEK. A VIETNAM ERA HUEY HELICOPTER IS OFFERING RIDES AND HISTORY LESSONS. KMBC NINE PHOTOJOURNALIST MARK LEE TAKES US ALONG FOR ...