On Feb. 10, 1763, the Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years' War between Britain and Spain and also the French and Indian War ...

Long before there were air ambulance companies like CareFlight, and TV shows like 'China Beach' and 'M*A*S*H,' Valérie André ...

She was the first woman to fly rescue missions in a combat zone, in Indochina and Algeria. She was also the first Frenchwoman ...

Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon, and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French-Indochina war ...

The French Army received its first Griffon Mortier Embarqué Pour l'Appui au Contact (MEPAC) 6×6 self-propelled 120 mm mortar carrier on 19 December 2024. (DGA Techniques terrestres) The French ...

Poisoned poles, hidden grenades and labyrinthine tunnels: so the Viet Cong have Keep up to the United States For twenty ...

PARIS (AP) — Valérie André, a French aviator and parachutist who became the first woman to become a general officer in France, has died. She was 102. France’s ministry of armies and the French ...

Leftenant-Colon and her Army colleagues to deliver the child ... by the Vietnamese in a battle that heralded the end of French colonial Indochina. At times her career took her into the Deep ...

and established in 1914 as a detachment of the French colonial army in Ivory Coast, this battalion served France “during both world wars, the Indochina War, and the Algerian War. In 1978 ...

In his New Year’s address, Alassane Ouattara, president of Ivory Coast since 2010—when he took power with the aid of French military intervention—announced, “We have decided on the coordinated and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Valerie Andre, a French Army captain, doctor and helicopter pilot, is shown in front of her helicopter in ...

PARIS (AP) — Valérie André, a French aviator and parachutist who became the first woman to become a general officer in France ...