Capt. Earl H. Tilford, Jr.,&en Giants in Air University Review (Jan.-Feb. 19801,
Superintendent of Documents, Govern-
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Rescuing downed pilots in Indochina strained the U.S. Air Force's helicopter capabilities to the limit. But the "chopper" force-previ- ously used to fly mercy missions in the United States and pluck as- tronauts from the sea-came through with flying colors.
From 196 1 until 1964, the Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service...