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AMERICA’S AIR WAR OVER VIETNAM • 2026 • VOLUME 54 • NUMBER 3<br />
AMERICA’S AIR WAR<br />
OVER VIETNAM<br />
WAITING ON PHOTOS<br />
The 1st Aviation Battalion’s “Rebels” platoon flew UH-1C gunships like Cajun Queen in Vietnam. Becuase of the unit’s close relationship with<br />
the CAF, its crew members were granted honorary status and authorized to wear CAF wings and patches.<br />
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AMERICA’S AIR WAR OVER VIETNAM • 2026 • VOLUME 54 • NUMBER 3<br />
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Flightlead Stopping the Infographic<br />
Honor Where Dominoes The Aircraft That Defined<br />
Honor is Due the Vietnam War<br />
Why America Went<br />
to War in Vietnam<br />
14 <a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=1"> AMERICA’S AIR WAR OVER VIETNAM • 2026 • VOLUME 54</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=2"> WAITING ON PHOTOS The 1st Aviation Batt</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=3"> CAF HISTORY, DIDYOUKNOW? The CAF once had an un</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=4"> FLIGHTLEAD Honor Where Honor is Due “The CAF cou</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=5"> SHOP TODAY Official CAF Merchandise Every</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=6"> Side view of an HH-53 helicopter from the 40th Ae</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=7"> The Shadow of World War II America’s involvement </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=8"> If South Vietnam fell, American leaders feared th</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=9"> Operation Rolling Thunder As South Vietnam’s situ</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=10"> The Belligerents BELIEFS The South Viet</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=11"> For years, Americans had been told the enemy was </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=12"> 12 BOMBER BOEING B-52 STRATOFORTRESS The B-52 re</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=13"> 1972 OpErAtIoN AT MDEFINED THE WaR 1967 OpErAtI</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=14"> Members of the CAF Gulf Coast Wing stand with the</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=15"> At the same time, training is taking place, prepa</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=16"> 16 Working in conjunction with the CAF Explosive</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=17"> it’s only logical to move forward and tell the st</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=18"> At Aviation Discovery Fest in 2024, Vietnam War v</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=19"> CAF Life Member Col. Conway B. Jones, Jr., USAF (</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=20"> A UH-1 Huey and AH-1 Cobra of the Army Aviation H</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=21"> small clearing where fixed-wing planes could not g</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=22"> Photo Courtesy of CAF New England Wing 22 This </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=23"> CAF Warbird Tube is a webinar & podcast series th</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, 2026, Issue 3 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/172aaa6d?page=24"> </a>