A detail of the port wing of an armed A-1 Skyraider, every loaded station hung with a red REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT streamer to be pulled by the ground crew before start. The Skyraider carried fifteen hardpoints and could lift an ordnance load comparable to a Second World War heavy bomber, then remain over a target for hours. That combination of firepower and endurance kept this piston-engined design in front-line service through the jet age. Project: 219827