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 ...

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

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 ...

Once called the 'most hated man in France', Le Pen maintained that his ideas were simply 'ahead of their time' ...

Hoa Lo Prison, known for its role in Vietnam's colonial resistance and the Vietnam War, provides a compelling glimpse into ...

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

Appalled by the threat to France's colonial empire, he joined the Foreign Legion, and fought in French Indochina. He was elected to the National Assembly on a right-wing ticket in 1956 ...

And like all former French colonies, the city was given a French ‘make-over’ when the colonisers built a modern administrative city south of Old Hanoi, creating broad, perpendicular tree-lined avenues ...

Glimpses of local life caught through the window, moments of connection with your fellow passengers, the chance to slow down ...

Valérie André, a French aviator and parachutist who became the first woman to become a general officer in France, has died.