Nguyễn Cao Kỳ was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who served as the chief of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force in the 1960s, before leading the nation as the prime minister of South
Kỳ in 1966
Kỳ (far right), US President Lyndon B. Johnson, General William Westmoreland, and President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu together in October 1966
Kỳ with Lyndon Johnson during the Honolulu summit in Hawaiʻi in 1966
Kỳ with Prime Minister Harold Holt on his controversial 1967 visit to Australia
Lâm Văn Phát was a Major general in the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam. He is best known for leading two coup attempts against General Nguyễn Khánh in September 1964 and February 196
Air Force Chief Kỳ was one of the leading figures in putting down Phát's coup attempt.
Generals Thi (left) and Thiệu (right) during the 1960s. Thi helped stop both of Phát's coup attempts. Thiệu later pardoned Phát after he had been sentenced to death.