A January 1970 Seventh Air Force News clipping recounts how A-1 Skyraider pilots of the 56th Special Operations Wing, led by Capt. Robert H. Karre, suppressed enemy fire to protect five downed Army helicopter crewmen near Da Nang until a MEDEVAC helicopter could rescue them — a vivid firsthand account of the close air support missions central to Air Commando operations in Vietnam. Project: 219322