VNAF Couple

 

Ha ha ha! Just let my imagination run wild. Hope you like it.

                                    

                                  Hung

Ôi Phi Công danh tiếng muôn đời...

 

Đây đó hồn nước ơi!

Không quân Việt Nam vút trên ngàn mây gió

U...u...u...u...u...u...

Ôi phi công danh tiếng muôn đời...

Before and After VNAF...

...Why am I feeling so old and tired? Well, maybe because I really am :).  I feel like drawing again. It helps me cope with depression and anxiety in a way no medication can. I don't know what happened to me. I used to look at my future years ahead clearly. Now it's just like the song "Both Sides Now" I am listening to right at this moment:

"I've looked at life from both sides now

From win and lose and still somehow

It's life illusions I recall

I really don't know life at all"

By the way, where is fall? It still feels like summer even though the Autumnal equinox has passed a couple of weeks ago! Where is my Autumn? See? weather is going crazy too :)

Girls love the VNAF!

 

...Well, can I say that I am inspired by the California's hot...hot summer of 2024? :) Man, it was hot!

Pilot of a VNAF A-37B from the 516th FS "Flying Tiger"

 

Another Cartoon of the UH-1 Huey Gunship of the VNAF 215th HS (Phi Đoàn Thần Tượng)

 

I have decided to add a little action to the previous Huey gunship cartoon.  Hope you like it!

1/ Searching...Keep searching...

2/ Spotting target...

3/  Destroy!!!

VNAF A-1 Skyraider and Girl riding a Vespa

 

Cartoon of the UH-1 Huey Gunship of the VNAF 215th HS (Phi Đoàn Thần Tượng)

 

I had a lot of fun drawing this one, especially the crew. First time doing a Huey gunship (Trực Thăng Võ Trang). I really enjoyed it! I hope you enjoyed it too.

ARVN Major General Lê Minh Đảo (5 March 1933 - 19 March 2020)

ARVN Major General Lê Minh Đảo (5 March 1933 - 19 March 2020). General Đảo commanded the South Vietnamese Army's 18th Division nicknamed "The Super Men" to fight against the North Vietnamese Army to hold Long Khánh, and the province of Xuân Lộc as the main line of defense during the last major battle of the Vietnam War in April 1975. Realizing that Xuân Lộc was not an easy-to-swallow prey, the NVA decided to disengage and go around to Biên Hòa instead before entering Saigon.

General Lê Văn Hưng (1933 - 1975)

 General Lê Văn Hưng (1933 - 1975)

    General Lê Văn Hưng was known to the people of South Vietnam as the "Hero of An Lộc" (Người Hùng Tử Thủ An Lộc) in the "Scorching Summer of 1972" (Mùa Hè Đỏ Lửa 1972). He commanded the ARVN 5th Division in defense of the city of An Lộc from the attacks of the NVA forces in the Battle of An Lộc. General Hưng in fact commanded soldiers of the 5th Division, the 81st Airborne Ranger Battalion, the 11th Airborne Brigade, the 21st Division and the Provincial Forces of Bình Long Province during the siege of An Lộc. His forces pushed back countless waves of attack by the NVA soldiers, supported by T-54 and PT-76 tanks. 

    General Hưng later commanded the 21th Division before becoming Deputy Commander of the 4th Tactical Zone or the IV-Corps. 

    On April 30, 1975, when President Dương Văn Minh ordered the ARVN to surrender, general Hưng and his commander, Major General Nguyễn Khoa Nam committed suicide. He decided not to fight to the death to save the townspeople of Cần Thơ from unnecessary bloodshed. 

Friends To Die For

 

    I did this drawing in memory of all those in the ARVN who fought and sacrificed themselves for our country during the Vietnam War - Hung

Douglas A-26 Invaders of The VNAF during Operation Farm Gate (19 December 1961 – 17 June 1963)

 

C-130A "Hercules" of the VNAF (1970-1975)

 

A C-130A "Hercules" of the VNAF is taking off in the background

while ARVN airborne guards can be seen in the foreground.

The VNAF flew the C-130A Hercules from the 

summer of 1970 until the end of April 1975.

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