A class of Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) student pilots poses in front of a U.S. Air Force A-1 Skyraider marked 'Rescue.' As part of the Vietnamization effort, the United States trained thousands of VNAF personnel at bases such as Hurlburt Field, Florida, preparing them to fly and maintain the same Skyraiders used by American Sandy rescue-escort and close-air-support squadrons in Southeast Asia. Project: 218838