The Don Englebreston Collection

Pilot's-Eye View Through Illuminated Aircraft Gunsight Reticle at Dusk, Vietnam Era

Pilot's-Eye View Through Illuminated Aircraft Gunsight Reticle at Dusk, Vietnam Era

A rare pilot's-eye photograph looking through an illuminated optical gunsight at dusk. The glowing reticle, marked with a '100 MILS' ranging scale, was used by Vietnam-era attack pilots to aim guns, rockets, and bombs -- a reminder of the split-second calculations required in the cockpit during a strike run. Project: 218950