On the 5th of August 1964, the US Navy begins operations of a new aircraft over Vietnam. This new multirole aircraft - the F4 Phantom - will come to define Vietnam War era jet combat, but during these ...

Tom Cruise doesn't have anything to do with it, but the Navy flight school featured in the "Top Gun" movies really exists.

Dr. Frank Butler was honored at the White House this month for his contributions to combat casualty care including broader ...

Cmdr. Clyde Lassen piloted a dangerous rescue mission in 1968 to save two Naval aviators shot down in the jungle ...

The rare movie supporting the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War at the time was generally regarded as 2 hours, 22 minutes of mind-numbing drivel, with legendary film critic Roger Ebert ...

Video courtesy of the US Navy Follow BI Video: On Facebook More from Military & Defense Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) underwater recovery team is in Northern Vietnam searching for the ...

Vietnam is a country in south-east Asia ... On 2nd August 1964, North Vietnamese boats attacked a US Navy destroyer, the USS Maddox, patrolling in the Gulf of Tonkin. Another attack on the ...

Soledad National Veterans Memorial to honor the heroism of Vietnam veteran retired Navy ... RSVP at kevin.b.dixon.civ@us.navy.mil. This ceremony will conclude with a tribute flyover of Navy ...

This year marks a handful of important anniversaries in the history of the Vietnam War. The United States' initial involvement in the Republic of Vietnam began in November 1955, when President ...

Coast guard and fishery officials from the Philippines, United States, Vietnam and Indonesia practised vessel boarding and arrest techniques at a joint maritime law enforcement training, the US ...