His experiences with the air cavalry during the war ... and sailed for Vietnam.” In addition to the troop ships, four aircraft carriers accompanied the division, carrying 470 helicopters for ...

Bailey of Fredericksburg, Va., was among the first troopers in1967 to arrive in South Vietnam with Delta Troop of the 3rd Squadron, 5th Air Cavalry, which would eventually become the unit known as ...

Gen. Paul E. Funk, a former III Corps and Fort Hood commanding general. During Vietnam, Funk was an Air Cavalry Troop commander in 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division.

The Army is planning to spend $84 million to armor hundreds of older troop carriers for service in Iraq. The Navy and Air Force have ... heavy action during the Vietnam War, usually carries ...

The Museum’s Huey served with four units in Vietnam between ... became the taxi of the new “air mobility” school of warfare, with gunships escorting troop carriers into enemy territory ...

Inside a decommissioned troop carrier that once transported thousands of young Americans Europe, Korea and Vietnam -- the Gen. Nelson M. Walker -- Beltrone found sleeping compartments undisturbed ...

At 26 years old he shipped off to Vietnam and was assigned to A-troop, 1st of the 9th Air Cavalry. "We went out looking to see what had happened the night before, and what we could stir up," he said.

OSAGE — Several dozen Army veterans and their families will be spending this weekend in Osage for a national reunion of their cavalry company. The Osage VFW will be the host site today through ...