The Don Englebreston Collection
Gallery: Doc Blanchard Slides - Copy
An HH-53 'Super Jolly Green Giant' banks through the sky with its aerial refueling probe extended, from the Bob Karre Vietnam scans in the Doc Blanchard Collection. Built for long over-water and over-jungle reach, helicopters like this one carried out the combat search-and-rescue missions that recovered downed airmen from hostile territory throughout the Vietnam War.
HH-53 'Super Jolly Green Giant' Rescue Helicopter in Flight — Bob Karre Vietnam Scans (Doc Blanchard Collection)
USAF A-1 Skyraider Banking Through Cumulus Clouds, Vietnam War Era
Pilot Caught in Monsoon Downpour Beneath A-1 Skyraider Wing, Vietnam Era
