The Don Englebreston Collection

Aircraft Framed in Optical Sight Reticle, Vietnam Era (c. 1970)

Aircraft Framed in Optical Sight Reticle, Vietnam Era (c. 1970)

Photographed through an aircraft optical sight reticle marked '100 MILS,' this evocative image shows another aircraft centered in the crosshairs during a Vietnam-era mission, circa 1970. Likely captured from a tanker boom operator's periscope during an aerial refueling rendezvous, the image is part of Don Engebretsen's personal Vietnam collection. Project: 218965