WASHINGTON -- Despite acquisition difficulties caused by an inter-service rivalry with the U.S. Air Force and the technological immaturity of the U.S. helicopter industrial sector, Army Aviation's ...

It was characterized as too risky, too dangerous, too out-of-the-question — but ultimately, that didn't deter the United States of America or Gen. Douglas MacArthur, for that matter. Just months after ...

In December 1950, the first F-86 Sabre unit arrived to Korean theater. It was the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing and it operated from Kimpo airfield near Seoul, South Korea. Previous air superiority of ...

This Stars and Stripes image from 1950 shows two soldiers using the traditional Korean A-frame near Munsan-ni.

Busan, South Korea, Sept. 29, 1950: The first press run of the Korean edition of Pacific Stars and Stripes printed at the press center in Busan, South Korea is studied by various Stars and Stripes ...

"Of the many myths that emerged following the end of the Korean War, the prevailing one in the West was that of the absolute supremacy of US Air Force pilots and aircraft over their Soviet-supplied ...

Korean War veteran Army Cpl. Walter Smead, a member of Battery A, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division who was killed during the 1950 Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, arrives in a ...

Korean War veteran Army Cpl. Walter Smead, a member of Battery A, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division who was killed during the 1950 Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, arrives in a ...

SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Cpl. Walter Smead was finally laid to rest this fall near his rural upstate New York hometown, seven decades after he was killed in the Korean War and months after his ...