Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jan 26, 2025

[Vietnam W.] South Vietnamese Pilot Who Performed a Daring Feat To Save His Family
https://www.historynet.com/maj-buang-lys-daring-feat-to-save-his-family
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42826536

Major Buang landing on the USS Midway 1975-Apr-29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7C3X5NTzBk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Midway_(CV-41)#Operation_Frequent_Wind

Interesting piece of history.

#VietnamWar #aircraft #FallOfSaigon #USnavy #USSMidway #rescue #OperationFrequentWind

The South Vietnamese Pilot Who Performed a Daring Feat To Save His Family

As his country crumbled, a South Vietnamese pilot attempting a high-risk landing on the Midway depended on the ship’s quick-thinking crew to save his family from disaster

HistoryNet