Deep in the sweltering jungles of central Laos, Long Tieng played a central role in the United States’ fight to stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia. Fifty years after its fall, we ...

The A-7E Corsair II wasn’t fast, but it was deadly accurate—and that made all the difference in Southeast Asia. While the Air Force’s A-7D brought precision to inland targets, it was the Navy’s ...

But they weren’t alone over the skies of Laos. Pilots from Air America, a secret CIA-owned airline, also operated in Long Tieng; they flew in crucial supplies to the base and conducted daring ...