Operation Desert Storm was 10 seconds away. Tom O’Neal was about to fire the first shot in the war that would end Saddam Hussein’s occupation of Kuwait.

Air Force Capt. Tim Bennett had to decide whether to attack an Iraqi helicopter with a heat-seeking missile or a 2,000-pound bomb.

On 24 March 2003, a huge sand storm was moving over Southern Iraq and on towards the Persian Gulf. A flight of four F-16s ...

The first night of Operation Desert Storm, Lt. Cmdr. Michael Scott Speicher took off from the flight deck of the USS Saratoga in his F/A-18 Hornet. He was the first casualty of the war and was ...

Few helicopters have had such a storied history as the Bell AH-1 Cobra. It was the world's first dedicated attack helicopter, created for use by the U.S. Marine Corps, which played a crucial role ...

Gary Blain is not the kind of man who calls up the newspaper to chat about his most recent rescue mission. But the sights just started to get to him while Gary, a Billings Flying Service pilot ...

The status of missing Gulf War pilot Michael "Scott" Speicher was changed Friday from "missing in action" to "missing-captured," according to a Navy memorandum. Navy Secretary Gordon England signed ...

INTRODUCTION. Play the following introductory video clip of Vietnam War Army helicopter pilot Dennis DuPuis talking about his inspiration for flying attack helicopters during his two tours in the War.

Koelsch served as a torpedo bomber pilot in the last months of World War II and was promoted to lieutenant junior grade on Aug. 1, 1946. He then returned to Princeton to complete his education in ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden presented Larry Taylor, a Vietnam War Army helicopter pilot, with the Medal of Honor during a ceremony at the White House Sept. 5, 2023. The president upgraded ...

Description. This lesson provides an overview of the Vietnam War era, using the life and death of Huey helicopter pilot Michael O'Donnell as a case study.

Persian Gulf War? Desert Storm and/or ... along with inflatable Humvees and helicopters. 9. Gen. ... 16. One American pilot was believed missing in action for 18 years after the war.