The Don Englebreston Collection
Ground Crew Washing A-1 Skyraider on Flight Line (Tail Code TC) — Don Engebretsen Slide Collection, Vietnam War
Ground crew members hose down an A-1 Skyraider on a rain-soaked flight line, a routine but essential maintenance task that kept aircraft flight-ready during the Vietnam War. Photographs like this highlight the unglamorous, everyday labor behind every combat sortie. Project: 219603