Jeffrey Natchez
Feb. 12, 2026
A Flint Medic, a Plane Full of Babies, and the Crash That Shook Saigon
In this re-edited Radio Free Flint interview, Flint Southwestern graduate Sgt. Phillip Wise recounts surviving the 1975 Operation Babylift crash—one of the most devastating aviation disasters of the Vietnam War.Fifteen minutes after takeoff from Saigon, the rear cargo doors of a C-5A Galaxy fai…