"Dustoff inbound" was the message crackling over the radio that troops wounded in Vietnam most wanted to hear. The message using the "Dustoff" call sign meant that an unarmed UH-1 "Huey" helicopter ...

A 90-year-old Kailua-Kona resident who served as a battlefield air ambulance helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War is among about 3,500 U.S. Army Dustoff crew members, living and dead, recently ...

NEW ORLEANS — It's the highest award Congress can bestow. In U.S. history, only 184 people, institutions, or events have received the Congressional Gold Medal. And now those who flew the wounded ...

An Ashland resident who was a combat medic and did two tours in Vietnam as a Dustoff Medic, received a Congressional Gold Medal. Thurmond "Doug" Blake is a recipient of the honor President Joe Biden ...

Vietnam War medevac helicopter crews will be the latest military group to receive the highest award Congress can bestow. The Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act won final ...

A group of Vietnam veterans has been recognized with a Congressional Gold Medal. The Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act recognizes Army medical evacuation helicopter crew ...

I agree with Mike Kerrigan that “‘Dustoff’ Crews Deserve Recognition” (op-ed, Nov. 9). The following radio transmissions during a Viet Cong attack on May 18, 1969 in Xuan Loc, Vietnam, say it all: ...

OREGON CITY, Ore. (KOIN) — During the Vietnam War, Dustoff Crews were special medivac helicopter crews that landed in dangerous area to pick up wounded soldiers and whisk them to a hospital. They ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - On April 10, 2025, Governor Laura Kelly designated this day as DustOff Day. DustOff Day honors the work of DustOff crews during the Vietnam War. These crews were essential to ...

A 90-year-old Kailua-Kona resident who served as a battlefield air ambulance helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War is among about 3,500 U.S. Army Dustoff crew members, living and dead, recently ...