The VHPA Aviator
Newsletter Item Number: 999Newsletter613679
- Pages
- 48
- Media Type
- Newsletter
- Physical Location
- Language(s)
- English
- Collection
- Vietnam Center Collection
- Association
- Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 04
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: July/August 2023- General Note
- FEATURES:
President’s Corner
From the Staff at HQ!
A Bad Day at the Office BY Brooks “Jay” Setzer
The Pen Flare Incident BY John Harris
The Saga of Roy Sudeck and the Khe Pass BY Martin Kleiner
Air America Bell 205 takes on VPAF An -2s Dogfight over Pou Phathi BY John Konek
How I became an Army Helicopter Pilot BY Martin Kleiner
Book Reviews BY Phil Marshal
Scholarship Recipients 2023
2024 Scholarship Applications Requested
VHPA Scholarship Update
Welcome to the VHPA!
Help Prevent Mailing Lists
CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
VHPA Chapters
Alaska Chapter BY Lynn Kile
American Huey Chapter BY Phil Marshal
Florida Chapter BY Dr. Joe Ponds
Georgia Chapter BY Doug Lackey
Michigan Chapter BY Rich Deer
North Alabama Chapter BY Ralph Weber
North Carlina Chapter BY Jerry Seago, Ed Hughes, Brock Nicholson, Phil Kieth, and Vic Rose
The Rocky Mountain Chapter and the Helicopter War Museum (HWM) BY Dale House
Upper Midwest Chapter BY Don Abrams
TAPS:
Bills, Arthur D. – Bliss, Lorin A. – Bray, David M. – Carter, John P. – Curry, Alexander E. Jr. – Ervi, James R. – Farrance, John S. – franklin, James W. – Godwin, Ronald B. – Harvey, Paul E. Jr, - Henry, Paul E. Jr. – Henry, Arthur R. – Holbrook, Charles D. – Horish, Paul T. – Houck, Ronald C. – King, Erwin T. – Koschnick, Jerry C. – Kreger, Milton G. – Livingston, William D. – Marciniak, Lawrence M. – Mills, Richard L. – Oram, Charles J. – Pollock, Melvin W. – Rowley, Leo W. – Samples, Virgile L. Sr. – Sickler, James W. – Smith, Billy V. – Smith, David R. – Stitt, Harold W. – Sword, David G. – Tronstad, Barry A. – Wynne, O. B. III
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter613679
- Citation
- The VHPA Aviator, 999Newsletter613679. July/August 2023, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter613679, Accessed 19 Feb 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 999Newsletter613679, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 13 Feb 2026 [Updated: 13 Feb 2026]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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Address
Texas Tech University, Box 41041, Lubbock, TX 79409 -
Phone
(806)742-9010 -
Email
vnca@ttu.edu