In December 1971, Gene Hamner, Raven 12, was flying a T-28 aircraft along the Nam Ou River in Laos. Armed with .50-caliber machine guns and high-explosive rockets, Hamner and the CIA officer in his ...

A Lao military plane crashed on Saturday killing five senior officials on board including the defence minister of the secretive communist country, Thai authorities said. The group was believed to be ...

BANGKOK (AP) — A Laos air force plane believed to be carrying 20 people including the country’s defense minister crashed on Saturday, Thailand’s Foreign Ministry said. There was no immediate word on ...

The U.S. last week became involved in a minor but significant air war with the Communists in Laos. When the Red Pathet Lao overran Laos’ embattled Plain of Jars last month, the U.S. replied by sending ...

BANGKOK, May 17 (Reuters) - A Laotian air force plane with at least 14 people on board crashed on Saturday, a defence ministry source said, and a witness at the site said the defence minister was ...

VIENTIANE, Laos — The defense minister of Laos was among 14 people killed Saturday when an air force plane crashed, rescue teams said. Three people survived. The Russian-made Antonov plane went down ...