The Don Englebreston Collection
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Douglas A-1 Skyraiders dominate this Tailwind Day Redux gallery — wings folded on the Museum of Aviation ramp, engines running with rocket pods slung underwing, climbing head-on under a full ordnance load, and flying formation in a commemorative flyover — alongside a camouflaged T-28-type Trojan, the quiet event airfield, and a veterans' reunion dinner from April 2018. The "Spad" and its Air Commando crews flew the close air support that shielded the ground force during the 1970 MACV-SOG raid into Laos, and these restored survivors let veterans and enthusiasts honor that mission in the air decades later.
Reunion Dinner Gathering at Restaurant, Operation Tailwind Event
Veterans' Reunion Group Dinner at Restaurant
Veterans Reunion Dinner Gathering, Operation Tailwind Redux Event, 26 April 2018
Group at Restaurant Table During Tailwind Day Commemorative Gathering
Visitors Examine A-1 Skyraider "Lieutenant America" Cockpit, Operation Tailwind Reunion Event
Man Standing on Wing Root of Vintage Aircraft with 'America' Nose Art, Hangar Interior
Hangar Inspection of Aircraft Fuselage Marking, Tailwind Day Commemorative Event
Veteran Revisits A-1 Skyraider Cockpit, Reunion Event, April 2018
Veteran Revisiting Aircraft Cockpit, Tailwind Day Reunion, 2018
Veteran Examining Cockpit of Vintage Aircraft During Tailwind Day Reunion Event, April 2018
Two Douglas A-1 Skyraiders on Ramp with Multiple Visitors, Tailwind Day Commemorative Event
Two Douglas A-1 Skyraiders on Ramp with Ground Crew and Onlooker, Tailwind Day Commemorative Event
Two Restored A-1 Skyraiders on Ramp, Operation Tailwind Redux Event
Two Airworthy Douglas A-1 Skyraiders with Wings Folded on the Ramp, One Starting Engine, Commemorative Event
Twin A-1 Skyraiders With Wings Folded, Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event
Two Douglas A-1 Skyraiders on Ramp with Ground Crew Member, Tailwind Day Commemorative Event
Two A-1 Skyraiders on Ramp with Ground Crewman, Tailwind Day Event
Two Douglas A-1 Skyraiders on Ramp During "Tailwind Day Redux" Commemorative Event
Heavily-Armed A-1 Skyraider on Ramp at Tailwind Commemorative Airshow
Douglas A-1 Skyraider with Wings Folded, Front View on Airfield Ramp
Two Restored A-1 Skyraiders on the Ramp, Tailwind Day Redux Commemorative Event
Two A-1 Skyraiders, Wings Folded, at Tailwind Day Redux Fly-In
Two A-1 Skyraiders with Folded Wings, "Tailwind Day" Commemorative Event
Two Douglas A-1 Skyraiders Parked Nose-to-Nose, Airport Ramp, Tailwind Day Commemorative Event
A-1 Skyraider with Engine Running, Operation Tailwind Reunion Event ('Tailwind Day Redux')
Two A-1 Skyraiders with Wings Folded on Ramp, Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event
Preserved A-1 Skyraider Being Chocked at Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport, "Tailwind Day Redux" Event
Ground Crewman Marshalling Preserved A-1 Skyraider, Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport, Tailwind Day Redux Event
Two A-1 Skyraiders with Wings Folded, Tailwind Day Redux Event
Two A-1 Skyraiders with Folded Wings on Ramp, Operation Tailwind Reunion Event
Restored A-1 Skyraider with Folded Wing and VNAF-Style Markings, Registration N39147
Douglas A-1 Skyraider, Rear Three-Quarter View with Wing-Mounted Ordnance, Tailwind Day Commemorative Event
Restored A-1 Skyraiders on Ramp at Tailwind Redux Event
A-1 Skyraider Nose Art "Wiley Coyote" with Pilot in Cockpit
A-1 Skyraider 'AF 132 683' (N39147) Taxiing at Operation Tailwind Reunion Airshow
A-1 Skyraider Taxiing Toward Camera at Tailwind Day Redux Event
Douglas A-1 Skyraider "Lieutenant" Taxiing with Spinning Propeller, Warbird Event
Close-Up of Douglas A-1 Skyraider Nose Art and Cockpit, "Lieutenant America"
Airfield Runway and Tree Line, Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event Site
Restored A-1 Skyraider Taxiing at Reunion Airshow, 'Tailwind Day Redux' Event
Restored A-1 Skyraiders '665' on Runway, Tennessee Air Museum Flying Event
A-1 Skyraiders on Airfield, Tailwind Day Reunion Event
Restored A-1 Skyraiders on Runway at Tailwind Day Commemorative Event
Spectators Watching A-1 Skyraiders Taxi, Wide Airfield View
Ground Crew Member Walking Past Taxiing A-1 Skyraiders
A-1 Skyraiders on the Ramp, Tailwind Day Redux Commemorative Event
Out-of-Focus Field Scene, Tailwind Day Event (Unidentifiable Subject)
Blurred Photograph of Radial-Engine Propeller Aircraft on Taxiway, Air Show Setting
Warbird Aircraft Taxiing at "Tailwind Day Redux" Commemorative Fly-In Event
Two SEA-Camouflage A-1 Skyraiders Taxiing at Commemorative 'Tailwind Day' Event
Two Douglas A-1 Skyraiders Taxiing Past Parked Civilian Aircraft
Two A-1 Skyraiders Taxiing at Airfield, Operation Tailwind Redux Event
Restored A-1 Skyraiders Taxiing at Memorial Fly-In Event
Douglas A-1 Skyraider in 1st SOS Markings, Tail Code TC, Taxiing at a Commemorative Event
Restored A-1 Skyraiders at Operation Tailwind Reunion Airshow
Two Douglas A-1 Skyraiders on the Ramp, Rural Airfield with Barn
Warbird Aircraft on Runway at Operation Tailwind Reunion Event (Soft Focus)
Douglas A-1 Skyraider on Runway, Rear View, Landing Roll
A-1 Skyraider on Takeoff, Head-On View with Full Underwing Ordnance Load
Restored A-1 Skyraider Climbing Out on Takeoff, Head-On View
Douglas A-1 Skyraider Climbing Out on Takeoff, Mountain Backdrop (Final Edit)
Restored A-1 Skyraider on Takeoff, 'Tailwind Day' Commemorative Flying Event
Douglas A-1 Skyraider on Runway with Barn and Mountain Backdrop
Douglas A-1 Skyraider on Final Approach, Runway 2 (Working Edit/Partial Layers Version)
Douglas A-1 Skyraider on Final Approach, Runway 2, Tailwind Day Airshow
Aircraft Nose and Wooded Hillside, Tailwind Day Redux Event Photo
A-1 Skyraider in Head-On Flight — Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event Photo (Don Engebretsen Redux Collection)
Douglas A-1 Skyraider Climbing Away, Tail Aspect with External Stores
Two Douglas A-1 Skyraiders, Distant Flyby
Single Douglas A-1 Skyraider in Flight, Distant Side View
Two Vintage Trainer/Attack Aircraft in Flight, Tailwind Day Redux Event
Twin A-1 Skyraiders in Formation Flight, Tailwind Day Commemoration
Two A-1 Skyraiders in Formation Flight, Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event
Two Douglas A-1 Skyraiders in Side-Profile Formation Flight
Two Propeller Aircraft in Formation Flight, Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event
Two Aircraft in Formation Flight, Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event
Two-Ship Formation Flyover, Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event
Distant Formation Pass, Two Douglas A-1 Skyraiders
Formation Flight of Two A-1 Skyraiders, Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event
Two A-1 Skyraiders in Formation Flight, Tailwind Day Redux Event
Formation of Two Douglas A-1 Skyraiders in Flight, 'Tailwind Day' Warbird Reunion
Two A-1 Skyraiders in Flight, Head-On View, Operation Tailwind Commemorative Flyover
Blank Sky Frame, Operation Tailwind Photo Collection (Don Engebretsen Redux Photos)
Blurred Sky Frame with Faint Aircraft Silhouette, Tailwind Day Redux Event
Two Douglas A-1 Skyraiders Banking Away, Tail Aspect
Two Camouflaged Warbird Aircraft in Formation Flight, Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event
Two Douglas A-1 Skyraiders in Level Formation Flight
Pair of Douglas A-1 Skyraiders Departing in Formation, Tail View
Pair of A-1 Skyraiders in Formation Flight — Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event
Douglas A-1 Skyraider in Flight, Head-On View, Tailwind Day Commemorative Airshow
Formation Flight of Two A-1 Skyraiders Climbing Out, Commemorative Flyover
Formation Flight of Two A-1 Skyraiders, Commemorative Flyover
Two A-1 Skyraiders in Formation Flight, Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event
Douglas A-1 Skyraider Passing Overhead in Formation, Underside View, Commemorative Flying Display
Out-of-Focus Aerial Shot of A-1 Skyraider Against Blue Sky
Out-of-Focus Sky/Aircraft Frame, Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event
Veterans and Guests Watching Warbird Taxi at Operation Tailwind Reunion Event
Restored A-1 Skyraider Taxiing at Tennessee Museum of Aviation 'Tailwind Day' Commemorative Event
Camouflaged T-28-Type Trojan/Nomad Aircraft on Static Display, Tailwind Day Redux Event
Spectators Photographing Approaching A-1 Skyraider, Tailwind Day Reunion Event
Onlookers Photographing A-1 Skyraider at Tennessee Museum of Aviation
A-1 Skyraider 'Lieutenant America' Taxiing at Tailwind Day Redux Reunion Event
A-1 Skyraider "Lieutenant America" with Wings Folded, Museum Ramp
A-1 Skyraider with Folded Wings on Museum Ramp, Tail Code "TC 665"
Two Douglas A-1 Skyraiders on Display, Museum of Aviation
Two Preserved A-1 Skyraiders on Ramp, Museum of Aviation, Tailwind Reunion Event
Restored A-1 Skyraiders on Static Display, Tailwind Reunion Event
Veterans Posing with Restored A-1 Skyraider "America" (Group Portrait, Wide Angle)
Veterans Posing with Restored A-1 Skyraider "America" at Tennessee Museum of Aviation
Veterans Posing with Second Restored A-1 Skyraider, Nose Art "America"
Vietnam War Veterans Reunite with Restored A-1 Skyraider "America," Operation Tailwind Reunion Event
Veterans Posing with Restored A-1 Skyraider, "Tailwind Day" Commemorative Event (Alternate Angle)
