The Don Englebreston Collection
Squadron Building Exterior with Mounted A-1 Skyraider Propeller and Aircraft Silhouette Artwork, Vietnam Theater, circa November 1969
A squadron building at a Southeast Asian air base during the Vietnam War, decorated with a retired propeller and painted silhouettes of A-1 Skyraider attack aircraft, nicknamed 'Spads' by the airmen who flew them. A U.S. Air Force Jeep bearing a 'SPAD' emblem sits parked outside, reflecting the unit pride and identity that squadrons cultivated around their aircraft. Image dated to approximately November 1969. Project: 218950