The Don Englebreston Collection
AH-1G Cobra Gunships Staged on Dirt Airstrip, Operation Tailwind Era (Barry Pencek Collection)
A row of AH-1G Cobra gunships sits staged along a remote dirt airstrip near the Laotian border, rocket pods loaded and ready. Photographed during the era of Operation Tailwind, these helicopters provided vital close air support for MACV-SOG reconnaissance teams operating deep behind enemy lines in one of the Vietnam War's most secretive campaigns. Project: 219430