The National Interest now takes a look at those “Fab Final Five” (to speak) fighter jocks of the Vietnam War. Before we delve into the American air aces’ individual bios, a note about the ...

Well, the answer isn’t so simple. Some argue the credit for the top “Flying Leatherneck” fighter ace should actually go to ...

Operation Linebacker I was the venue by which both the USN and USAF produced their first aces (five or more enemy aircraft destroyed in air-to-air combat) of the Vietnam War: ...

One piloted C-133 Cargomasters in Vietnam with the U.S. Air Force ... Rather than glorifying the life of a fighter ace, Yeates shows the crushing fatigue and nagging fear that accompanies every ...