A wider view of a flight-line celebration identifies the unit's aircraft: a Douglas A-1 Skyraider stands just behind the crowd, and a hand-painted board on the revetment carries the word SPAD, the nickname crews gave the big piston-engined attack aircraft. Soaked flight suits mark a traditional wetting down for a pilot returning from a milestone mission, and one airman is still wearing the floral sarong his squadron mates tied on him. Bomb trailers, corrugated revetments and a distant control tower place the scene squarely on a wartime forward operating base. Project: 219827