Flies the reader into combat with the same elite air cavalry unitportrayed in the film Apocalypse Now.
"Based on audiotapes he recorded during the war and sent home to his family, Randy Zahn's Snake Pilot recounts his experiences flying AH-1 Cobra helicopters during the Vietnam War. First deployed in Vietnam in 1967 and loaded with a formidable arsenal of weaponry, the Cobra was …
Flies the reader into combat with the same elite air cavalry unit portrayed in the film Apocalypse Now.
The helicopter came on the scene too late to play other than a minor role in the Second World War but by the Korean conflict the Bell H-13 Sioux, OH-23 Raven and Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw were in service. It was in Vietnam that the US military helicopters really came into their ow…
Helicopter pilots in Vietnam kidded one another about being nothing but glorified bus drivers. This author flew the UH-1 Iroquois in the 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion of the First Air Cavalry Division. His battalion was one of the most highly decorated units in the Vietnam …
"Helicopter pilots in Vietnam kidded one another about being nothing but glorified bus drivers. But these "rotor heads" saved thousands of American lives while performing what the Army classified as the most dangerous job it had to offer. One in eighteen did not return home." "…