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Các bạn yêu ngành phi-hành, hãy gia nhập Không-Quân để thành phi-công trực-thăng, 1965 US poster: A two-colour poster shows

Các bạn yêu ngành phi-hành, hãy gia nhập Không-Quân để thành phi-công trực-thăng (Helicopter Pilot Recruitment)

A two-colour poster shows two helicopters in flight, drawn in brush strokes of blue and black, above a hand-lettered appeal in black and red. It addresses 'friends who love aviation' and asks them to join the Air Force to become helicopter pilots. The tell is the use of the aircraft's speed and glamour, with no mention of pay, risk or service terms.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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Date
1965
Period
Cold War
Made by
Republic of Vietnam Air Force recruitment (issuer inferred from the text; no printed imprint)
Region
North America
Country
United States
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
State
Regime
Johnson Administration
Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Recruit
Themes
War and the military, Science and technology
Event
Vietnam War
Source
Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
Source
U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Psychological Warfare Posters, Vietnam War (NAID 561393), retrieved October 3, 2026
Rights
NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Republic of Vietnam Air Force recruitment (issuer inferred from the text; no printed imprint). National Archives and Records Administration, 306-VP-9-3139.

Text on the object

Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked

CÁC BẠN YÊU NGÀNH PHI-HÀNH
HÃY GIA NHẬP KHÔNG-QUÂN ĐỂ THÀNH PHI-CÔNG TRỰC-THĂNG

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

FRIENDS WHO LOVE AVIATION
JOIN THE AIR FORCE TO BECOME HELICOPTER PILOTS

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