Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lt. John Kelvin Koelsch (Navy) First used by the 1st Air Commando in World War II, the Sikorsky R-4 often fell short of its role ...
82 years ago today, a U.S. Coast Guard pilot flew history’s first helicopter rescue mission. On January 3, 1944, Coast Guard Pilot Frank Erickson flew straight into the teeth of a raging storm to ...