Toward the end of his time in Vietnam, Ron Vlach’s helicopter was shot down. The aircraft landed, upside down, in the jungle overgrowth. Everyone got out of the helicopter, except for Vlach who was ...

With convoys in Iraq requiring air cover, the US Army has reintroduced helicopter door gunner training, last performed during the Vietnam War. A virtual door gunner trainer developed by Raydon is in ...

The door gunner in a UH-1B Huey gunship fires on Vietcong positions during a search-and-destroy mission in the Mekong Delta, January 23, 1968.Bettmann/Getty Images US commandos fought a covert war in ...

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MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — They consider their reunions therapy. “We all have post-traumatic stress—and we talk about war. So ironic, isn’t it…” Jim Pfister was a private and a door gunner on a UH-1 Huey ...

DALEVILLE — When Sgt. Thomas Edwards received an Army commendation medal for heroism for lifesaving actions as a door gunner with the 134th Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam, it was mailed to him.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Joe Sobczak flew maybe 100 missions in Vietnam. A helicopter door-gunner, he and his crew dropped ...

A Ukrainian door gunner watches a second Mi-8 helicopter over eastern Ukraine - Copyright AFP Aris Messinis A Ukrainian door gunner watches a second Mi-8 helicopter ...