helicopter pilots

Mary Jennings Hegar discusses her experiences as a helicopter pilot in the National Guard.

A rescue helicopter pilot spends his day saving people caught in dangerous situations such as fires, floods, and hurricanes before returning home for his daughter's birthday party.

Mary Jennings Hegar discusses her experiences as a helicopter pilot in the National Guard.

""19 Minutes to Live" illustrates the incredible courage and determination of helicopter pilots and crews supporting those heroes that carried a rucksack and a rifle in Vietnam. Over 12,000 helicopters were used in the Vietnam War, which is why it became known as "The Helicopter War". Almost half of the helicopters, 5,086, were lost. Helicopter pilots and crews accounted for nearly 10 percent of all the US casualties suffered in Vietnam, with nearly 5,000 killed and an untold number of wounded. Lew Jennings flew over 700 Air Cavalry Cobra Gunship Helicopter missions and received Three Distinguished Flying Crosses for Valor. This memoir describes first-hand the harrowing experiences of helicopter pilots and crews in combat operations, from the far South to the DMZ, including the infamous Ashau Valley, Hamburger Hill, LZ Airborne and others"--Amazon.

"Describes the development, use, and abilities of helicopters in the military"--Provided by publisher.

On July 29, 2009, Air National Guard major Mary Jennings ?MJ? Hegar was shot down while on a Medevac mission on her third tour in Afghanistan. Despite being wounded, she fought the enemy and saved the lives of her crew and their patients. But soon she would face a new battle: to give women who serve on the front lines the credit they deserve...

"Describes the development, use, and abilities of helicopters in the military"--.

The true story of four unlikely heroes. Complete opposites thrown together, cut-off and outnumbered. For three days straight they answered the call in a race against time, not to take lives... but to save them. Chief Warrant Officer Erik Sabiston tells the story of his four-man flight crew's experiences evacuating wounded soldiers from the mountains of Afghanistan in their unarmed medevac helicopter, known as Dustoff 7-3.

The author had always loved flying and growing up he dreamed about becoming a pilot. After he joined the Marines and completing officer training school he encountered HMX1, the squadron that flies the president in Marine One. The rest as they say, is history. He flew four U.S. presidents: George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

The author's memoir of his tour of duty in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot beginning in 1965.