Col. John Gallemore, Director SECAF-CSAF Strategic Execution Group, moderated a session on “Lessons from Vietnam: 50 Years Later” to kick off the AFA Warfare Symposium on March 6, 2023. The panel featured three heroes from the Vietnam War: Col. Charles B. DeBellevue,...
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Air combat is “a real team sport” requiring agile thinking, persistence, and a willingness to sometimes disregard the rules, retired Col. Charles B. DeBellevue, the highest-scoring Air Force Vietnam ace, said at a seminar held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his last air-to-air kills.
Under cover of secrecy, the “training” mission turned to “advice in combat” and then into “combat training sorties.”
Pitsenbarger chose to remain under enemy fire to care for and help defend the wounded.
US airmen were clearly more capable, but the North Vietnamese held several advantages.
President Donald Trump awarded the Medal of Honor to retired Army Capt. Gary “Mike” Rose on Monday afternoon during a ceremony at the White House.
Air Force and Navy airmen carried the war deep into North Vietnam.
If the Vietnamese took over the war, the Americans could go home.
The disastrous early days of Linebacker II forced the Air Force to find a new approach for B-52s again