21 tháng 4, 2008

 

USS Midway in operation Frequent Wind - April 1975. Flight deck filled with Sea Stallions

Sea Stallions taking off for Saigon

 

Sea Stallions returning with refugees

Helicopters flying refugees out of South Vietnam

South Vietnamese Huey & Refugees

General Nguyen Cao Ky, Former South Vietnamese Premier & Head of the VNAF, escorted by LT JG Prater, Midway's ATO

Midway's aft flight deck during the evacuation

A South Vietnamese pilot jumping from a UH-1H after unloading passengers

A South Vietnamese pilot landing a Cessna 0-1 aboard Midway

 

The South Vietnamese pilot after landing his Cessna 0-1

The South Vietnamese pilot & family surrounded by Midway's crew after landing in a Cessna 0-1

 

The Cessna 0-1 secured on Midway's flight deck. The Cessna 0-1 today preserved at the Pensacola Naval Station Museum

 

Helicopters on flight deck

South Vietnamese Huey on Midway's flight deck

 

Sea Stallions on Midway's flight deck after the evacuation

Refugees boarding a helo for transfer to other ships

Refugees in Midway's hangar bay

On the way to Guam after craning aboard over 100 aircraft in Thailand

SVNAF aircraft aboard Midway on the way to Guam

Marines provide cover as Swift helos land at DAO compound

Americans & Vietnamese dash to the helos

Midway crews gather refugees & VNAF pilots on flight deck

Vietnamese arrive on Midway after flight from Saigon on VNAF choppers

One of many VNAF Huey's shoved overboard by the crew of the Midway