This unclassified briefing chart illustrates the standard ordnance loadout for 'Sandy' A-1 Skyraiders flying combat search-and-rescue escort missions during the Vietnam War. Armed with a mix of rocket pods, 20mm cannon, incendiary bombs, and cluster munitions, Sandy aircraft suppressed enemy defenses to protect helicopter crews retrieving downed airmen from hostile territory over North Vietnam and Laos. Project: 218843