The Don Englebreston Collection
Rocket Pod-Armed Aircraft Wing with USAF Ground Power Unit 'GM-02,' Vietnam Era
A close-up view of an armed strike aircraft's wing, fitted with multiple 2.75-inch rocket pods and connected to a USAF ground power unit during pre-flight servicing on a rain-soaked flight line in Vietnam. Ground crews performed this kind of routine maintenance and rearming daily to keep Air Commando strike aircraft ready for close air support missions in defense of ground troops and reconnaissance teams. Project: 218965