TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Combat Air Museum has officially received the title to a Boeing CH-47D chinook helicopter after having the aircraft on loan for the past five years. The helicopter, 85-24346, was ...
On April 29, 1975, as Saigon collapsed, South Vietnamese Air Force Major Ba Van Nguyen took a stolen CH-47 Chinook, loaded his wife and children aboard, and flew out over the South China Sea looking ...
Jerry Smith is shown beside a life preserver on a naval ship where he performed maintenance on helicopters in Vietnam in 1967. (Photo provided by Housecalls Hospice) PARKERSBURG — Jerry Smith was born ...
DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - On April 30, 1975, the Fall of Saigon effectively ended the Vietnam War. Millions of U.S. troops fought in Vietnam, including 76-year-old Jerry Merrick of Dubuque. Then ...