An Air Force ground crewman poses beside a Douglas A-1 Skyraider armed with 2.75-inch rocket pods at a South Vietnam air base. The Skyraider, a rugged single-engine, propeller-driven attack aircraft, was prized by Air Commando and rescue escort ('Sandy') squadrons for its heavy ordnance load and long loiter time in support of downed-airmen recovery and close air support missions. Project: 219010