Local leaders, veteran organizations and students from the surrounding area gathered in Garden Park to honor Wheeling native Russell McLaughlin during the Wheeling Military Banner Program. McLaughlin ...

The book takes readers through Embers’ deeply personal and professional journey, beginning in the wheat fields of Kansas and leading to the skies above Bong Son, Vietnam, where he flew UH-1 Hueys for ...

As a Huey helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, Rich White has both proud and terrible memories of his 21 months of service in the Saigon area. He took heavy fire during combat missions, and came ...

Terry Matheson Jost, 82, of Tyler, Texas, passed away on September 28, 2025, in Tyler. Born on September 1, 1943, in San ...

A documentary about a much-decorated Army helicopter pilot from Wisconsin has won an international award for creative excellence. "Honor in the Air" is a biography of Capt. Scott Alwin, who served ...

ST. LOUIS – A powerful reunion more than five decades in the making is happening in St. Louis. Two Vietnam War helicopter pilots who haven’t seen each other since one saved the other’s life in combat ...

On Aug. 11, 2025, 57 years after the battle, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has announced the recovery of James Henry ...

MINERAL WELLS, TX (FOX 44) — Let’s step back in time to Fort Wolters, the launchpad where over 40,000 helicopter pilots learned to fly during the Vietnam War. One of the pilots who trained there, and ...

Veterans, Soldiers, and community leaders gathered at the Sabalauski Air Assault School to recognize veterans who received the Honorary Air Assault Badge on June 24, 2021. Air Assault Soldiers train ...

You might hear sounds from the past over the Kansas City metro this week.A Vietnam-era Bell UH-1 helicopter, better known by its nickname, Huey, is offering rides and history lessons to the public in ...