Texas Tech University

The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 999Newsletter613658
Pages
56
Media Type
Newsletter
Physical Location
Language(s)
English
Volume
41
Issue
2
The VHPA Aviator (Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)) - Newsletter - Citrus Heights, California
Publication
The VHPA Aviator
Publisher/Org.
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
City
Citrus Heights, California
Country
United States
Frequency
Bi-Monthly
Type
Newsletter
General Note
2005- / Earlier Title: The VHPA Newsletter (1984-2004)
Dates
Creation: March/April 2022
General Note
FEATURES:
President’s Corner
From the Staff at HQ!
You, Caca Dau! BY Bob Eustice
Army Aviation Heritage Foundation: FAA Wright Brothers 50-year Master Pilot Awardees
Two more VHPAers inducted into the Army Aviation Hall of Fame
ANC Vietnam Helicopter Crewmembers Memorial Update: ‘Everything Is Fine with Hesselbein’ by Mike Sheuerman
Consider a Run… BY Jim Crigler
Cobra Medevac 1968 BY Steve Jackson
Welcome to the VHPA!
Captured NVA Weapons BY Dale House
Book Reviews

LETTERS:
Home for a Huey FROM Gus Hawkins
Photo of Helicopter Pilot FROM Julia Lillegard
Tail # of Recent Blue Star A/C Photo FROM Cliff White
Letter to the Editor FROM Jeff Murray
Letter to the Editor FROM Linda Thompson

REUNION:
General Reunion Information: Tampa Florida
Quilters Show and Tell

CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
VHPA Chapter Activities
Alamo Chapter By Mike Clark
Alaska Chapter By Lynn Kile
California North Chapter By Ken Fritz
Michigan Chapter By Rich Deer
North Alabama Chapter By Ralph Weber
North Carolina Chapter By Gerald Phelps
The Rocky Mountain Chapter and the Helicopter War Museum (HWM) By Dale House
South Missouri Chapter By Don Merritt
Upper Midwest Chapter By Don Abrams

TAPS:
Allen, Robert B. – Breeding, Ray L . – Bible, Jerry D. -Blackman, Terry L. – Bridge, Bruce C. – Campanalie, Richard A. – Couture, Donald R. – Davis, Phillip N. – Dicus, Kenneth N. – Fuller, John R. – Gilreath, Jonnie B. – Greene, Rockwell N. – Hayes, Mark O. – Heaverne, Clifford J. – Hilliker, John B. – Hocket, David R. – Jacobs, Norman P. – Kenny, John P. – Keys, Meckie I . – Kimmell, John A. – Lain, Carroll W. – Lange, Phillip D. – Mallernee, Gary B. – Mann, James A. – Maxwell, Richard C. – Mayberry, Kenneth L. – McCoy, William R. – Moseley, Henry G. Nichols, Daniel R. – Nutter, Jerry L. – Potvin, Joseph M. – Rose, Thomas D, - Santos, Dennis L. – Scherb, Ernest G. – Siegert, Robert W. – Sizemore, Eugene D. – Smith, Lee C. Jr. – Thomason, James S. – Thompson, Perry A. – Thompson, Tommy L . – Truitt, James D. Jr. – Walker Richard R. – Walker, Thomas M. – Weaver, John M. – Webb, Jackie R. – Wilcox, John F. Sr.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter613658

Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 999Newsletter613658. March/April 2022, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter613658, Accessed 14 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
999Newsletter613658, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 04 Feb 2026 [Updated: 05 Feb 2026]