Way back when the cold war was ending, an enterprising division of General Motors GM decided to burnish the image of its vehicles with the slogan, “This is not your father’s Oldsmobile.” The ad ...

There are show horses and there are workhorses, and the Army’s CH-47 Chinook helicopter is definitely a workhorse. For more than 50 years, Chinooks have served as the Army’s heavy lift helicopter, ...

Army helicopter pilot Richard Duley talks about the aircraft he flew in the Vietnam War. Army helicopter pilot Richard Duley talks about flying the Chinook. He explains how it was utilized for assault ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. During the Vietnam War, the CH-47 Chinook was known for its aerial mobility -- a key advantage when you're flying low-altitude rescue missions ...

As Saigon collapses under communist artillery fire, a South Vietnamese Air Force major faces an impossible choice: stay and face certain death or steal one of the largest helicopters in the world and ...

There are plenty of war games available for Android, but none come immediately to mind that allow you to pilot a rescue helicopter. The developers of Dustoff Vietnam want you to know a little bit ...

The Army has no plans to retire the CH-47 Chinook—which, in multiple respects, outdoes every other helicopter in the U.S. military’s fleet. If asked to name the fastest helicopter in the U.S. Army ...

Retired Lt. Col. Thomas Edward Lasser spent seven years on active duty with the U.S. Army and another 33 years with the California National Guard, including 30 years on full-time status with the ...

Students from Talkeetna Elementary School gathered on Wednesday to tour two Chinook helicopters, in town for a U.S. Army set-up and training mission at base camp on Denali. The first- and second-grade ...

The U.S. Army said its maintenance personnel installed the wrong parts on some of its Chinook helicopters, prompting military officials to ground the entire fleet of the battlefield workhorse due to a ...