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Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - Air Force (305) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 3050000000
Collection
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - Air Force
Association
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
1.0
Pages
2
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 07 January 2002
Scope and Contents
Approximately one linear foot of unit histories, personnel rosters and articles document the service of various helicopter units in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam Conflict. Most documents date from the war era.
Biographical / Historical
The Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA), is a non-profit war veterans organization filed under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service and is dedicated to enhancing and accrediting the cohesiveness, esprit de corps, and traditions of valor of rotary wing aircrews that flew in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam Era. Currently, the VHPA has a membership of over 9,400 helicopter pilots from around the world. It has a web site located at: http://www.vhpa.org.
  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D053.3A ]]
  • Box 1
  • Folder 1
  • Unit Histories, 1966 - 3rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group
  • Folder 2
  • Unit Histories, 1967 - 3rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group
  • Folder 3
  • Unit Histories, 1968 - 3rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group
  • Folder 4
  • Unit Histories, 1969 - 3rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group
  • Folder 5
  • Unit Histories, 1970 - 3rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group
  • Folder 6
  • Unit Histories, 1971 - 3rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group
  • Folder 7
  • Unit Histories, 1971 - 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron
  • Box 2
  • Folder 1
  • Miscellaneous Documents related to USAF Unit Histories
  • Folder 2
  • Unit History, 1971 - 37th, 38th, 39th, 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron and 40th AAR Personnel Rosters
  • Folder 3
  • Unit Histories, 1971-1972 - 37th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron
  • Folder 4
  • Unit History, July-September 1965 - 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron
  • Folder 5
  • Unit Histories, 1971-1972 - 39th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron
  • Folder 6
  • Newspaper Article, Stars and Stripes - Super Sabres Up Front: Where Perfection Counts - re: 90th Fighter Tactical Squad
  • Folder 7
  • Newspaper Article, U.S. Army Aviation Digest February 1971 - They're Here
  • Folder 8
  • Excerpt, Pacific Stars and Stripes, 9 October 1971 (Page 6) - Air Strikes Beat a USO Show: Mortars, B52s Enliven Bunker Life / B52s Bomb Border in Reply to Shelling
  • Folder 9
  • Article, Source Unknown - Aero Scout . . . What's it all about?
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=3050000000
Citation
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - Air Force (305) Finding Aid, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - Air Force, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=3050000000, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
3050000000, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - Air Force, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 06 Jan 2002 [Updated: 06 Jul 2018]

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