Mike Rooke of American Legion Post 20 who was recently inducted into the City of Porterville Wall of Fame helped spearhead ...

On this Memorial Day, NPR Morning Edition listeners share memories of loved ones who died while serving in the military.

From Navy enlistee to a Navy pilot, David Edwards flew fighters on 260 missions in Vietnam during a 31-year military career.

The A-4 Skyhawk was one of the most recognisable fighter aircraft from the Vietnam era. A small, agile, carrier-ready design, it could fill a variety of roles. Although it has been largely ...

The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk was a single-seat ... damage as well as fuel pods to increase its range. During the Vietnam War, the Skyhawk logged more combat missions than any other naval aircraft.

In one case, an A-4 pilot managed to shoot down a MiG-17 with an unguided Zuni rocket in the skies over Vietnam! Deployed extensively by the US Navy and Marine Corps, the Skyhawk demonstrated ...

who sponsored the bill in the Senate. Alvarez was captured on Aug. 5, 1964, while flying a mission over North Vietnam in his A-4 Skyhawk as part of Operation Pierce Arrow. In interviews over the ...

When most people think of America's 20th-century attack aircraft, they likely picture something like the F-117A Nighthawk, the A-4 Skyhawk ... was flown by the South Vietnam Air Force, French ...

The A-4 Skyhawk, despite not being as famous as other US aircraft, earned its place as legendary in the Vietnam War and beyond. The A-4 was the first to drop ordnance in the Vietnam War and logged the ...

Sixty years ago this week, an incident off the coast of North Vietnam set the U.S. on a path ... Stockdale ejected from his crippled A-4E Skyhawk and parachuted into a Vietnamese village.

The MiG-21 fared well during the Vietnam War against American F-4s ... but those only amounted to one F-4, one old A-4 Skyhawk, and two helicopters during the entire conflict.