More than a generation after it ended, Americans are still looking for ways to comprehend what was, at the time it ended, the country's longest war.

Here we offer a series of articles reporting the experiences of aircrews who fought in Vietnam and analyzing U.S. air combat strategies and culture of the time. From the emergence of the helicopter to B-52 bombing campaigns to postwar meetings between U.S. and North Vietnamese airmen, our "Vietnam Memoir" series examines the airplanes and missions that figured prominently in the lives of a generation of veterans.

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Escape to U Taphao

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The Last of the Mohawks

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Plausible Denial

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Tullo and the Giant

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Change of Command

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Counterpunch

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Ravens of Long Tieng

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Huey

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Nguyen Van Bay and the Aces From the North

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The Christmas Bombing

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Steinbeck’s Dispatches From Vietnam

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Psyops: Weapons of Mass Instruction