The Don Englebreston Collection
Gallery: ANA Tailwind
Rare wartime images from Operation Tailwind, the September 1970 MACV-SOG raid into Laos, include a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 Sea Stallion lifting personnel out by rope when the jungle allowed no landing. A second view of camouflaged troops filing through a fortified compound gate documents the forward bases behind these clandestine cross-border missions.
USMC AH-1 Cobra Gunship Hovering Off the Ramp - Operation Tailwind Era
AH-1G Cobra Gunship and Flight Crew at Dak To Airfield, Vietnam, Operation Tailwind Era
AH-1 Cobra Gunship '17' in Flight South of Marble Mountain Air Facility, Vietnam
Soldiers at a Water Tanker, Dak To Forward Base, Central Highlands, Vietnam, circa 1970
HMH-463 CH-53 Helicopters Taxiing with Ramps Open, South Vietnam
AH-1 Cobra Gunship Firing on a Target, Operation Tailwind Support, 1970
Aerial View of Kontum Airstrip, Republic of Vietnam, Vietnam War Era
McCarley and Koch (Medic), 6 September 1970, Operation Tailwind
Aircrew and Helicopters on Forward Airfield Ramp, Operation Tailwind Era, Vietnam War
Indigenous Reconnaissance Team Staging with U.S. Advisor, Operation Tailwind Collection
Soldier with Rucksack and Grenade Launcher at Bunker Position, Vietnam War Era
Column of Camouflaged Troops Passing Through Compound Gate, Operation Tailwind-Era, South Vietnam/Laos Border Area
Informal Group Gathering at Kontum, South Vietnam
Informal Gathering of Soldiers Outside Barracks, Vietnam War Era (Bustamante, Picone, Howard)
Interior Cabin View of Military Helicopter Looking Toward Cockpit
CH-3/HH-3E "Jolly Green Giant" Helicopter Nose Detail, Rescue Markings
