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Donald Porter

Donald Porter served in Vietnam with the helicopters he writes about. An author of aviation books, his latest is Howard’s Whirlybirds.

Stories from Donald Porter

Pilot Clyde Romero, 19, rests between flights at Khe Sanh in February 1971. His unit was flying in support of South Vietnamese troops fighting in Laos.

In Vietnam, These Helicopter Scouts Saw Combat Up Close

Cobras and Loaches, two vastly different aircraft, relied on each other to fight the enemy.