The Don Englebreston Collection
AH-1 Cobra Gunships and CH-47 Chinooks on Airfield Apron, Vietnam War, Barry Pencek Collection
AH-1 Cobra gunships stand ready on the flight line while CH-47 Chinook transports operate in the background at a Vietnam War-era airfield. Helicopters like these provided the firepower and lift capability essential to special operations missions such as Operation Tailwind, the 1970 MACV-SOG incursion into Laos. Project: 219425