The Don Englebreston Collection
Formation of CH-53 Sea Stallion Helicopters Over Marble Mountain Air Facility Area, Da Nang, Vietnam — Operation Tailwind Collection
A flight of Marine Corps CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters passes over a South Vietnamese air facility near Da Nang's Marble Mountains. Heavy-lift helicopters like these carried MACV-SOG reconnaissance teams into denied territory in Laos and Cambodia, including the September 1970 raid known as Operation Tailwind. Project: 219516