The Don Englebreston Collection
USAF Pilot Training Class 69-02 Group Portrait with A-1 Skyraider, Hurlburt Field, with Named Roster Including KIA/MIA Notations
USAF Class 69-02 poses before an A-1 Skyraider at Hurlburt Field, their white scarves marking the traditional close of flight training. Within months, several of these men would fly combat missions over Southeast Asia; this photograph honors Capt. Robert F. Coady and Capt. Arthur R. Sprott Jr., both killed in action in January 1969, and 1Lt. Neal C. Ward, listed missing in action in June 1969. Project: 218839