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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 ...
From the early 1960s to 1975, Long Tieng served as the headquarters of a clandestine war effort backed by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
America by Air traces the history of commercial aviation in the United States from airmail to airlines. Exploring the history of air transportation in the United States, this exhibit shows how the ...
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 ...
Billions of taxpayer dollars have gone to internet upgrades, yet air traffic control systems remain stuck in the age of copper lines. Airlines for America (A4A) is leading the charge for ...
The report found that regions in Africa and Central and South Asia had high air pollution levels. The most reported city in ...
The best friend of a woman who died of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos is opening up about her final moments in an Instagram video posted six months after the tragedy.
REAL ID is now required for air travel in America. Here’s what’s happening at airports across the US By . Cindy VonQuednow, Danny Freeman, Lauren Mascarenhas, and . Alisha Ebrahimji.
He explains what it would take to fix air traffic control in the U.S.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, ... America's air traffic control problem. May 7, 2025 5:47 PM ET.
It's not for the faint of heart. (Netflix) Elite as they may be, becoming a Thunderbird isn't without significant risk. As Elliott's wife points out in the film, the unit has a 10% fatality rate ...
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 ...