The Don Englebreston Collection

Cessna O-2 Skymaster (USAF 10973) in Flight, Vietnam War Era, Don Engebretsen Collection

Cessna O-2 Skymaster (USAF 10973) in Flight, Vietnam War Era, Don Engebretsen Collection

A Cessna O-2 Skymaster banks overhead, its twin-boom silhouette and dual propellers unmistakable. Aircraft like this served as forward air control platforms during the Vietnam War, with pilots marking enemy positions and coordinating airstrikes from low, slow, and often dangerous vantage points. Project: 218965