This aerial photograph, taken from an aircraft over the dense jungle of Southeast Asia, illustrates the rugged, forested terrain that characterized the border regions of Laos and Vietnam during MACV-SOG cross-border operations such as Operation Tailwind (1970). The winding river and mixed forest-and-clearing landscape shown here are typical of the environment in which reconnaissance teams operated on the ground while A-1 Skyraider and helicopter crews provided air support overhead. Project: 219488