Tribute to Tony Byrne

By Russell W. Wylie I remember fondly and miss my occasional conversations with Tony when he answered the office phone working on the Irish Edition very early in the morning. He would always reach into his ample bag of impish… Continue Reading

Anthony Robert Byrne Chronicles — Captain/Instructor Pilot, Air America, Inc., 1965-1974

Thakkek is a town along the Mekong River in Laos with a nice long runway nearby. The mission was that at dawn 10 H-34 helicopters would line up on the runway and each would board 10 local combat soldiers. My… Continue Reading