The Don Englebreston Collection
Gallery: LANE+4
Helicopters dominate this Operation Tailwind sequence: CH-46 Sea Knights ferrying troops into Laos, a CH-53 hauling a sling load, and UH-1 Hueys crowding a dusty forward airstrip beside transport aircraft. Wrecked aircraft along a cratered runway measure the intensity of the September 1970 MACV-SOG raid, a heavily classified operation later recognized through the Medal of Honor awarded to Captain Gary "Mike" Rose.
U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 Sea Stallion Departing Landing Zone, Operation Tailwind Collection
OV-10 Bronco Preparing for Takeoff at Forward Airfield, Southeast Asia
In-Flight Cockpit View of Terrain Below, Operation Tailwind Collection
CH-53 Helicopters on the Ground with Huey Overflight, Operation Tailwind Support Area
C-130 Hercules Transport Aircraft Over War-Damaged Airfield, Vietnam War Era
UH-1 Huey Helicopter Over Forward Firebase, Operation Tailwind Collection
Heavy-Lift Helicopter Landing Near Forward Base Perimeter, Operation Tailwind Collection
CH-53 Sea Stallion Hovering Over Equipment Staging Area, Operation Tailwind
Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph of Jungle Road and Base Area, Operation Tailwind Collection
Large Military Helicopter Carrying External Sling Load, Vietnam Era
Armored Vehicle Column Advancing Through Smoke on Barren Hillside, Vietnam War Era
Aerial View of Armored Vehicle Column on Open Hillside, Vietnam War Era
CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopters in Flight, Operation Tailwind, Laos, 1970
Helicopter Over Smoking Jungle Ridgeline, Operation Tailwind, Laos, 1970
U.S. Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion Helicopters in Low Hover — Operation Tailwind Collection
CH-53/HH-53 Helicopter with Sling Load, Operation Tailwind Collection
OV-10 Bronco Taxiing on Airfield Ramp, Vietnam War Era (Operation Tailwind Collection)
Aerial View of Forested Ridgeline with Helicopter and Rising Smoke, Vietnam War Era
Forward Airstrip with UH-1 Helicopters and Transport Aircraft, Operation Tailwind Collection
Helicopter Staging Area with AH-1 Cobras and CH-47 Chinooks, Vietnam War / Laos Border Operations
Aerial View of Wrecked Aircraft and Helicopters at Remote Airstrip, Laos/Vietnam Border Region, Operation Tailwind Collection
Helicopter Staging Area at Fire Support Base, Believed to be LZ Lane, During Operation Tailwind, September 1970 (Companion Frame)
Helicopters Over Cratered Airstrip, Operation Tailwind Collection
