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Finding Aid: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Operations Item Number: 2990000000

Association Collection (Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA))
Location: D052.3A

Scope & Content:

Half a linear foot of documents detail information on helicopter operations during the Vietnam Conflict. The documents provide general information, but do not specifically mention the units involved in each operation. The bulk of the documents date from the war period. This is one series of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association Collection.

Biographical Note:

The Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA), is a non-profit war veterans organization filed under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service and is dedicated to enhancing and accrediting the cohesiveness, esprit de corps, and traditions of valor of rotary wing aircrews that flew in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam Era. Currently, the VHPA has a membership of over 9,400 helicopter pilots from around the world. It has a web site located at: http://www.vhpa.org.

Access Level:

Unrestricted

Collection Inventory:

Location	Box	Folder	Contents
			1st SIG BDE (USASTRATCOM)
D052.3A		1	Military Operations: Operational Reports-Lessons Learned
			281st AHC
		2	281st AHC, Statement of Combat Action by Ken Kunke
			Airfields
		3	Situation Report On The Construction Of Airfields In South Vietnam, Dixon Speas Associates Report, November 1975
			Army
		4	Weekly Summary of Aircraft Accidents, Incidents, Forced Landings and Precautionary Landings, March 15, 1967 14th Aviation Battalion Operation Cook
			Blackhawk
		5	Highlights Of Blackhawk Combat Operations - Republic Of Vietnam
			Camp Coryell
		6	Camp Coryell Attack, Sequence of Events, January 30, 1968
			Camp Holloway
		7	Camp Holloway Attack Narrative. February 12, 1965
			CH-47
		8	CH-47 Strike Aircraft Status (October 1963-August 1972) Report For August 1972
			FRAG ORDER
		9	Frag Order 22-66. November 1966 (CRESCENT/THAYER II) Frag Order 23-66 (THAYER II)
			H-3
		10	H-3 Loss Data
			Helicopters
		11	Utilization of US Army Helicopters. February 1973 USARV, Aerial Gunnery Training of RLAF (Laos) pilots in UH-1B's , 21 May 71
			North Vietnamese/Viet Cong
		12	VC/NVA Base Area Neutralization Report. January 4, 1969
			Operation Double Eagle
		13	Combat AAR, Operation Double Eagle, Phase I And II, 20 Mar 1966
			Operation MacArthur
		14	Operation MacArthur, Combat after actions report, October 12, 1967-January 31, 1969
			Order of Battle - North Vietnamese
		15	Operational Report for Quarterly Period Ending 31 July 1970
			Site 85
		16	USAF, "The Fall of Site 85" Attack on Secret Radar Site in Laos in 1968.
			TOW
		17	Attack Helicopter - Daylight Defense (USACDEC Experiment 43.6) Special Report - Vietnam

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