Aviation Republic on MSN
The Grumman F8F Bearcat - France flew it into a war it was never meant to fight
In French Indochina, the Bearcat became a close support aircraft in a brutal colonial war far removed from the naval air ...
The Cold War on MSN
French troops and communist fighters turned Indochina into a battlefield
The First Indochina War began as France attempted to reassert colonial control over Vietnam after World War II, but the conflict quickly escalated into a brutal Cold War battleground. Communist-led ...
Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French-Indochina war of ...
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