“The Army went through helicopters at a ferocious pace during the Vietnam War,” says Robert Mitchell, director of the U.S. In total, nearly 12,000 helicopters saw action in the war and more than 5,000 were destroyed. military employed helicopters in Vietnam. The Vietnam War is known as the “Helicopter War.” While helicopters played limited roles in both World War II and the Korean War-mostly for medical evacuation (“medevac”) missions-helicopters were involved with nearly every facet of the war in Vietnam: troop transport, scouting, equipment hauling, search and rescue, and providing high-caliber air support for ground troops.Įvery branch of the U.S.
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