The Don Englebreston Collection
Three Helicopter Aviators Posing with AH-1 Cobra Gunship, Forward Airfield, Vietnam War (Barry Pencek Collection, Operation Tailwind)
Three helicopter aviators pose in front of an AH-1 Cobra gunship at a forward airfield in South Vietnam. The Cobra provided close-in fire support for covert cross-border missions such as Operation Tailwind, the 1970 MACV-SOG incursion into Laos, escorting and protecting reconnaissance teams and transport helicopters operating deep in hostile territory. Project: 219424