The Huey’s role in Vietnam was indispensable; it played out as a medical evacuation unit, troop transport, and gunship. The 240th Assault Helicopter Company, the “Greyhounds,” flew UH-1C ...

Unlike NATO counterparts, the Mi-24 can serve as both a gunship and troop transport. In the Vietnam War, the U.S. UH-1 “Huey” was used in separate roles as either a gunship or troop transport, but it ...

The Air Force's 20th Special Operations Squadron, the "Green Hornets," and the Army's 101st Airborne Division's "Black Angels" Huey helicopter gunships were some of the best. From 1964 to 1972 ...