The Don Englebreston Collection
Gallery: 4 Dak To Prep
Photographs taken at Dak To, the forward base in Vietnam's Central Highlands, show vehicles and equipment staged along the runway, soldiers assembling beside a UH-1, and Cobra gunships ready on a muddy monsoon-season airfield. Together they document the logistical preparation behind MACV-SOG's Operation Tailwind, the September 1970 cross-border mission into Laos.
AH-1 Cobra Gunship Staged on Laterite Airstrip at Dak To, South Vietnam, Prior to Operation Tailwind
Aviator at Dak To Bunker, Joe Driscoll 'Scarface' Collection
Heavy-Lift Helicopters ("Dimmer" Flight) Staged at Dak To, South Vietnam
Indigenous MACV-SOG Team Member Preparing Field Gear, Forward Base Camp, South Vietnam
Mission Briefing at Launch Site Operations Room, Dak To Prep, Operation Tailwind (Joe Driscoll Collection)
AH-1 Cobra Gunship on Flight Line During Rocket/Mortar Attack, Dak To Area, South Vietnam
Soldiers Staging Near UH-1 Helicopter, Dak To Prep, Operation Tailwind Collection
Wreckage of Destroyed Aircraft Beside Airstrip, Dak To Area, South Vietnam
Aerial View of Central Highlands Terrain with Helicopters, Dak To Area, Vietnam
Sandbagged Perimeter and UH-1 Helicopters at Forward Airstrip, Dak To Area, South Vietnam
Dak To Airstrip Staging Area Prior to Operation Tailwind, Vietnam, 1970
Improvised 'Dak To Officers Club' Built of Rocket Crates, Operation Tailwind Staging Area, September 1970
Forward Airfield with Attack Helicopters, Dak To Area, Vietnam — Operation Tailwind Preparations
USMC AH-1 Cobra Gunship at Forward Airstrip, Dak To Staging Area, Vietnam (Operation Tailwind Collection)
Aerial View of Dak To Airstrip with Derelict Transport Aircraft, Vietnam
