"C-130 aircraft would enable the Vietnamese to ... to tighten control ahead of the anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. "Next April is the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon ...

T he Lockheed C-130 Hercules has been "the" tactical transport aircraft of the United States Air Force and many of its allies ...

The C-130 can carry soldiers ... nearly half a century after the end of the Vietnam War. Since an arms embargo was lifted in 2016, U.S. defence exports to Vietnam have been largely limited ...

The C-130 can carry soldiers ... nearly half a century after the end of the Vietnam War. Since an arms embargo was lifted in 2016, U.S. defence exports to Vietnam have been largely limited ...

April 30, 2025 marked 50 years since the pivotal moment that ended the Vietnam War ... the fall of Saigon when they escaped on a massive C-130 cargo plane the Americans sent to help refugees ...

The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is somewhat pedestrian as far ... At the onset of the Vietnam War, the U.S. Air Force began experimenting with gunships—aircraft that could offer more firepower ...

The fall of Saigon 50 years ago marked the end of the Vietnam War, and for WCCO's Pauleen ... when they escaped on a massive C-130 cargo plane the Americans sent to help refugees escape.

It started covertly in 1954, soon after the Viet Minh, a nationalist, communist guerrilla group, terminated French colonial rule and Vietnam was cleaved in two. It grew into a war that killed ...