The Don Englebreston Collection
Gallery: Don Engebretsen Redux Photos
Restored A-1 Skyraiders taxi, sit wings-folded on the ramp, and draw crowds at the "Tailwind Day Redux" commemorative gatherings, alongside candid shots of veterans, memorabilia tables, and aircraft maintenance details. Photographed by Don Engebretsen, these images document how the veterans of Operation Tailwind, the September 1970 MACV-SOG raid into Laos, keep the memory of the raid and the "Spads" that supported it alive decades later.
Two Women Seated in Restaurant Booth, Candid Portrait
Detail View of Aircraft Landing Gear Wheel and Strut, Hangar Floor, 23 April 2018
Detail View of Aircraft Main Landing Gear Wheel and Axle, 2018
Detail View of Aircraft Tail Wheel Assembly During Restoration Documentation
Aircraft Landing Gear Wheel and Tire, Close-Up Maintenance View
Aircraft Main Landing Gear Brake Assembly, Detail View, Operation Tailwind Redux Event
Group Reunion Dinner, Operation Tailwind Commemorative Gathering, 26 April 2018
Large Group Dinner Gathering at Restaurant, Tailwind Day Reunion Event
Veterans' Reunion Dinner, Tailwind Day Redux Event, April 26, 2018
Group Dinner Gathering at Restaurant, Tailwind Day Reunion Event
Visitors Examining Restored WWII Fighter Aircraft at Museum Hangar, April 2018
Veterans Examining Vintage Radial-Engine Aircraft, Museum Hangar, April 2018
Close Inspection of Faint Fuselage Markings, Aircraft Hangar Interior
Veteran Seated in A-1 Skyraider Cockpit During Operation Tailwind Reunion Event
Veterans Examining Restored A-1 Skyraider Cockpit, Tailwind Day Redux Reunion, April 28, 2018
Attendee at Table with Helmet and "RESCUE" Signage, Operation Tailwind Reunion Event, April 2018
A-1 Skyraider Pair with Ground Crew on Ramp — Tailwind Day Event
Two A-1 Skyraiders with Folded Wings on Display Ramp, Tailwind Event
Two A-1 Skyraiders on Static Display, Wings Folded, Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event
A-1 Skyraider Engine Start with Exhaust Smoke, Airport Ramp — Tailwind Day Event
A-1 Skyraider Pair on Ramp with Ground Crew, Wide View — Tailwind Day Event
Two Douglas A-1 Skyraiders with Wings Folded, Operation Tailwind Reunion Ramp
Two Restored A-1 Skyraiders with Wings Folded on Ramp, Operation Tailwind Reunion Event
A-1 Skyraiders on Flight Line During Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event
A-1 Skyraider with Wings Folded and Ordnance Mounted, Operation Tailwind Reunion Event
A-1 Skyraider with Wings Folded, Engine Running, Tailwind Day Reunion Event
Two A-1 Skyraider Warbirds with Folded Wings, Airport Ramp, Group Gathering
Two A-1 Skyraiders with Wings Folded on Display Ramp, Tailwind Day Redux Event
Two A-1 Skyraiders with Folded Wings, Front View, Tailwind Day Redux Event
Two A-1 Skyraiders with Folded Wings on Ramp, Tailwind Day Redux Reunion Event
Restored A-1 Skyraider 'Spad' Taxiing with Ordnance Load, Tailwind Day Commemorative Event
Two Restored A-1 Skyraiders with Folded Wings on Airport Ramp — Reunion Event
Restored A-1 Skyraider Being Chocked at Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport
Ground Crew Signaling Beside A-1 Skyraider Wing-Fold Operation, Regional Airport Ramp
Two A-1 Skyraiders with Wings Folded on Airport Ramp, Tailwind Day Redux Event
Restored A-1 Skyraiders on Display Ramp, Tailwind Reunion Event
A-1 Skyraider 'RESCUE' (AF 132683) with Wing Folded, Tailwind Day Event
Douglas A-1 Skyraider, Folded Wing and Ordnance Pylons, Front View — Warbird Display
Restored Douglas A-1 Skyraider, Tail Section, VNAF/USAF Livery — Tailwind Day Commemorative Event
A-1 Skyraider Taxiing with Pilot Aboard, Warbird Reunion Airshow
USAF-Marked A-1 Skyraider "683" on Ramp, Pilot in Cockpit
A-1 Skyraider Taxiing with Folded Wingtips, Tailwind Event
A-1 Skyraider "Lieutenant America" Nose Detail, Ramp Static View
A-1 Skyraider "Lieutenant America" — Cockpit and Nose Art Detail with Pilot
Runway and Tree Line at a Reunion Venue Airfield — Tailwind Day Redux Photos
Restored Warbird Taxiing at Operation Tailwind Reunion Event
Restored A-1 Skyraider Aircraft Taxiing at 'Tailwind Day Redux' Commemorative Event
Warbirds on the Runway at a Tailwind Day Reunion Airfield
A-1 Skyraiders on the Flight Line, Tailwind Day Redux Reunion Event
Spectators Watch A-1 Skyraiders on Runway, Tailwind Day Redux Commemorative Event
Ground Crew Member Walking Past Taxiing A-1 Skyraiders
A-1 Skyraiders Taxiing Past Ground Crew, Barns in Background
Unidentified Outdoor Scene, Out of Focus (Tailwind Day Redux Collection)
Single-Engine Propeller Aircraft Taxiing at Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event (Blurred Image)
Two A-1 Skyraiders Taxiing at 'Operation Tailwind' Commemorative Event
Two A-1 Skyraiders Taxiing in Sequence, Rural Airfield
A-1 Skyraiders Taxiing at Airfield — Tailwind Day Redux Event
Skyraiders Taxiing, Operation Tailwind Reunion Event
Twin Warbird Attack Aircraft Departing Together, Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event
Camouflage A-1 Skyraider Taxiing, Tail Marking Visible
Two Camouflaged A-1 Skyraiders Taxiing at Tailwind Day Redux Fly-In Event
Two A-1 Skyraiders on Airfield Taxiway at Veterans' Reunion Event, Tennessee
A-1 Skyraiders on Grass Airfield During Operation Tailwind Reunion Flying Display
A-1 Skyraider on Runway, 'Tailwind Day Redux' Commemorative Event
A-1 Skyraider Climbing After Takeoff, Head-On View
A-1 Skyraider on Landing Rollout, Rural Airfield Backdrop
A-1 Skyraider on Final Approach, Operation Tailwind Reunion Event
A-1 Skyraider Nose Detail Against Smoky Mountains Backdrop, Tailwind Day Redux Event
Douglas A-1 Skyraider in Flight, Rear View (Motion-Blurred), Operation Tailwind Reunion Flyover
A-1 Skyraider in Flight, Rear View — Tailwind Day Commemorative Event Photograph
Two Propeller Aircraft in Formation Flyover, Operation Tailwind Redux Commemorative Event
Warbird Flyover During Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event
Two Warbird Aircraft in Formation Flight During Reunion Flyover Event
A-1 Skyraiders in Profile Flight, Tailwind Day Sequence
Two A-1 Skyraiders in Formation Flight, Tailwind Day Redux Commemorative Event
Close Profile View of A-1 Skyraiders, Tailwind Day Flyover
Distant Formation Flyover, Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event
A-1 Skyraiders in Profile Formation, Tailwind Day Flyover
Two Aircraft in Distant Formation Flight, Tailwind Day Redux Commemorative Event
Distant Formation Pair, Tailwind Day Flyover Sequence
Pair of A-1 Skyraiders in Flight, Tailwind Day Redux Commemorative Event
Two A-1 Skyraiders in Staggered Formation Flight, Tailwind Day Redux Event
Formation Flight of Two Douglas A-1 Skyraiders, Operation Tailwind Commemorative Flyover
Empty Sky Frame, Tailwind Day Flyover Sequence
Empty Sky, Missed Aircraft Shot, Tailwind Day Redux Event
Two A-1 Skyraiders Departing in Formation, Operation Tailwind Commemorative Flyover
Pair of A-1 Skyraiders in Formation Flight, Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event
Two Warbirds in Formation Flight, Tailwind Reunion Flyover
Distant View of Formation-Flying A-1 Skyraiders, Tailwind Day
A-1 Skyraiders in Wide Formation During Tailwind Day Flyover
Two A-1 Skyraiders in Formation Flyby, Operation Tailwind Reunion Event
A-1 Skyraiders Continuing Formation Pass, Tailwind Day Flyover
Pair of A-1 Skyraiders in Formation Flight, Tailwind Day Flyover
A-1 Skyraider in Flight, Nose-On View, Operation Tailwind Commemorative Flyover
Out-of-Focus Aerial Subject Against Blue Sky, Tailwind Day Redux Event Photo
Untitled Sky and Cloud Study, Tailwind Day Redux Event Photographs
A-1 Skyraider Taxiing Before Crowd of Visitors, Tennessee Museum of Aviation
Camouflage A-1 Skyraider Taxiing Toward Spectators at Tailwind Day Event
Restored Douglas A-1 Skyraider with Folded Wing at Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event
Museum Visitors Watching Taxiing A-1 Skyraider at Commemorative Tailwind Day Event
Attendees Photographing an A-1 Skyraider at Tennessee Museum of Aviation Commemorative Event
A-1 Skyraider 'America' Taxiing at Tailwind Day Commemorative Event
Restored A-1 Skyraider 'Lieutenant America' with Folded Wing, Warbird Event
A-1 Skyraider 'TC 665' with Wing Folded, Museum of Aviation Ramp
A-1 Skyraiders 'TC-665' on Display at Museum of Aviation, Operation Tailwind Redux Event
Two Douglas A-1 Skyraiders Outside Museum of Aviation Hangar
Three Restored A-1 Skyraiders on Display Ramp, Operation Tailwind Reunion Event
Veterans in Flight Suits Beside A-1 Skyraider "America" — Tailwind Day Redux
Veterans Pose with Restored A-1 Skyraider 'AMERICA' at Museum Event
Three Men in Flight Suits Pose with Restored A-1 Skyraider — Operation Tailwind Commemorative Event (Don Engebretsen Redux Collection)
Restored A-1 Skyraider 'America' with Aircrew, Tailwind Day Redux Event
Veterans Pose with Restored A-1 Skyraider at "Tailwind Day" Reunion Event
