The Don Englebreston Collection
Gallery: Complete Disk of Photos FH
A fortified MACV-SOG forward operating base ringed by barbed wire beneath its guard tower and antenna array, paired with a Cobra gunship crewman standing beside his shark-face-painted aircraft at a 1970 staging area. Both images come from the Barry Pencek collection and show the ground and air sides of Operation Tailwind, the September 1970 MACV-SOG cross-border operation into Laos.
Interior of Military Tent Quarters, Vietnam War Era, Barry Pencek Collection
Off-Duty Social Scene at Lounge or Club, Vietnam War Era
Serviceman with Duffel Bag at Forward Operating Base, Vietnam
Soldier Holding Python Mascot Outside Barracks, Southeast Asia
Vietnamese Laundry Workers Sorting Military Clothing at Base Barracks, Building 46
American Serviceman Holding a Python at a Forward Base Compound, Vietnam War Era (Barry Pencek Collection)
MACV-SOG Forward Operating Base Compound with Perimeter Fence and Guard Tower, Vietnam War
American Advisor Displays Python with Indigenous Strike Force Troops, SOG Forward Operating Base, Vietnam/Laos, c. 1969-1970
Soldiers and AH-1 Cobra Gunship at Airfield, Operation Tailwind Collection
Helicopter Door Gunner's View Over Jungle Terrain During Operation Tailwind-Era Mission, Southeast Asia
AH-1 Cobra Gunships on the Flight Line, South Vietnam — Barry Pencek Collection (Operation Tailwind)
AH-1 Cobra Rocket Pods with CH-47 Chinooks and Troop Formation in Background, Vietnam War Forward Airbase
Twin-Engine Transport Aircraft Landing Near Row of AH-1 Cobra Gunships, Vietnam War Forward Airbase
C-123 Provider (Tail Code KN 150) Taxiing at Forward Airfield, Vietnam
U.S. Army AH-1 Cobra Attack Helicopters on Flight Line with Unit Jeep, Vietnam War Era
USAF Cessna O-2A Skymaster (Tail No. 11069) on Runway, Vietnam War Era Airbase
U.S. Air Force OV-10 Bronco at Vietnam Airstrip
U.S. Air Force C-123 Provider, Tail Code KN, Serial 150, Vietnam
AH-1 Cobra Gunship with Shark-Face Nose Art and Pilot, Operation Tailwind Support Area, Vietnam, 1970
U.S. Army Cobra Pilot Beside Helicopter Rocket Pod, Vietnam
Army Aviator with AH-1 Cobra "VT 25," Vietnam War Era
C-123 Provider Transport Aircraft Taxiing at Vietnam Airfield
Twin-Engine Transport Aircraft on Final Approach Over Armed Helicopter Revetment, Vietnam-Era Airfield