The mission was daunting: rescue approximately sixty American prisoners of war from the Son Tay prison near Hanoi, North Vietnam. A special task force of the USAF trained for several weeks for the ...

Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Leroy Joseph Manor, known for commanding the special operations raid on the Son Tay prison compound in Vietnam, died Thursday, just four days after his 100th birthday.

In the case of the Son Tay raid, which was launched on Nov. 20, 1970, under the code-name Operation Kingpin, helicopters escorted by a modified MC-130 Combat Talon flew at a low altitude using TFR ...

The Son Tay Raiders, as they're known, were all volunteers. Their mission – to rescue American POW's – was a high priority for the U.S. military during the Vietnam War.

The Son Tay Raid is one of the most famous rescue missions of the Vietnam War. Son Tay was a prisoner of war camp near the town of Son Tay in North Vietnam, just 23 miles west of Hanoi, the ...

A new documentary about the raid, “Kingpin: 27 minutes at Son Tay,” is in post-production and features interviews with some of the special operators who were there. Terry L. Buckler was the ...

In 2021, filmmaker Ehren Parks finished "27 Minutes at Son Tay," a documentary film that goes behind what it took to put 56 Special Forces soldiers on the ground in North Vietnam, in the middle of ...

While the objective of the raid was to rescue POWs at the Son Tay prison, when U.S. forces landed and infiltrated the camp they found that the POWs had been moved.

Nov. 21 marked the 50th anniversary of the Son Tay Raid near Hanoi in North Vietnam, meant to rescue and return about 70 American prisoners of war. Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Jay Strayer, who was ...

The raid was an attempt to rescue prisoners of war being held at the Son Tay camp, roughly 23 miles from the North Vietnamese capital of Hanoi. The raid was one of the largest joint operations ...