We’re going in.” At dawn on July 23, 1970, operations began to evacuate Fire Support Base Ripcord, in the A Shau Valley of ...

Police say eight people were rescued by air from a flash flood on Vancouver Island as a fall storm lashed coastal British Columbia with heavy wind and rain. RCMP say the Port Hardy detachment received ...

The following editorial is from the opinion page of The Republican newspaper in Springfield. It reflects views of the newspaper’s leadership and not necessarily those of MassLive. Readers are invited ...

During the Vietnam War, A-1E Skyraiders from the 1st Air Commando Squadron rushed to support a besieged base, led by Major Bernard F. Fisher. When fellow pilot Major Dafford Myers was shot down and ...

The Alaska Air National Guard C-17 evacuated over 300 civilians from the remote western coast of Alaska to emergency shelters in Anchorage, the latest in the military response to massive flooding ...

Frightening mid-air engine troubles caused a Swiss Air flight headed to Miami to return to Zurich last June. Michael and Marsha Kistler were on that flight — seated in premium economy. Just before the ...

The Grumman Bearcat was built to stop kamikazes, but its greatest battles came in the jungles of Indochina. Flown by French pilots against the Viet Minh, it dropped napalm, flew 60,000 sorties, and ...

LORIS-A memorial service for Robert Morgan Smith, 81, will be held Oct. 16 at 3 p.m. in Loris First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dr. Tim Osment officiating. Mr. Smith passed away Oct. 8 in McLeod ...

UNION TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) - A traveling exhibit, the Vietnam Wall and Cost of Freedom Tribute, is currently on display in Clermont County's Union Township, offering a poignant reminder of the ...