Modern history Air America and the war in Laos1959--1974 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS Michelle Nickerson FergusonJ. MichaelSecretly owned by the CIA, Air America operated as a civilian airline in the hazardous conditions of war-torn Laos from 1959 to 1974. Since the delicate diplomatic ...
Air America In Laos - Vietnam War Project. Features 29 airfields in photoreal ground textures including Vientiane, Pakse, Long Tieng and 26 Lima Sites, new objects libraries (many custom objects) AI and static airplanes (Porter, C-123, Caribou). Revised lanclass (Bolovens plateau) ...
The chapter on opium in my book “Air America” is expanded and updated--not dropped--to take into account further research. While writing a second book on the secret war in Laos--”The Ravens”--I inspected numerous documents that were classified when I first started my research, and con...
USAF assumed controlin June 1968and name was changed toTask Force Alpha ( overall EW program of dropping sensors along theHo Chi MinhTrail was known as Igloo White ) Air America Scratch-Pad Sheet Sheet from a scratch pad from: "AIR AMERICA HANGER 137-C TAN-SON-NHUT AFB SAIGON ...
. Air racing might be resurrected in another venue that could create its own legacy. But an era had ended. “Reno’s going out with a whimper instead of a bang,” says pilot (and neurosurgeon) Brent Hisey with a sigh as he stands in the shadow of his venerable P-51D,Miss America....
As the air-supported barrier was seeing its first action, the North Vietnamese laid siege to the Marine Corps combat base at Khe Sanh, near the intersection of the demilitarized zone and South Vietnam's border with Laos. The need to concentrate air power in defense of the base contributed...
The Stonewall Inn Riots sparked the beginning of the gay rights movement in America. Learn how members of the LGBTQ community came together to protest exploitation and police harassment. Timeline Also on This Day in History Discover more of the major events, famous births, notable deaths and ever...
The reverse is plain with a circular inscription in raised letters, "United States of America" and Meritorious Service" separated by dots. The Ribbon is purplish red with a one and quarter inch white stripe one-eighth inch from the edge. Air Medal was established on May 11, 1942, by ...
He was writing a book, Heller said, not planning to add a phrase to America’s cultural lexicon. How could he have foreseen, for example, the emergence of the following Trivial Pursuit question: “Which came first, the term ‘Catch-22,’ or the novel?” ...
“dissenters,” either in the military or out, and likely do not genuinely believe in free speech, only speech that is in harmony with their own views. This is too common a trait in rhetorical “America.” There is rhetoric, and then there is reality. Most of us, myself included, ...