This USAF 'Form 5' flight record documents the August 1970 combat sorties of Lieutenant Colonel Melvin G. Swanson, logging 24 combat flight hours across 17 sorties that month alone. Administrative records like this one provide a precise, day-by-day account of the intensive flying schedules maintained by Skyraider pilots during the Vietnam War, complementing the personal stories preserved by veterans' organizations such as OLAA. Project: 219123