An A-1 Skyraider sits on the flight line at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, a primary launch point for Skyraider 'Sandy' combat search-and-rescue escort missions and covert support for MACV-SOG reconnaissance teams in Laos and Vietnam. Ordnance carts loaded with bombs and munitions wait nearby, a routine but vital scene repeated daily as ground crews armed these rugged attack planes for their next mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Project: 219023