A pilot stands before his armed A-1 Skyraider on search-and-rescue alert, identified by the yellow SAR ALERT A/C sign at left. In the Sandy mission, Skyraider crews launched at short notice to escort rescue helicopters to downed airmen, orbiting low over hostile ground to suppress fire and mark the survivor's position. The mesh survival vest he wears carried radio, signalling and survival gear against the possibility that he would become the man on the ground. Project: 219827