Keywords: UH-2 being refueled in flight by USS Wainwright (DLG-28) off Vietnam c1967.jpg A U S Navy Kaman UH-2A/B Seasprite helicopter is refueled in flight by the guided missile cruiser USS Wainwright DLG-28 circa 1967 Wainwright was assigned to the Positive Identification RADAR Advisory Zone PIRAZ station in the Gulf of Tonkin providing radar-coverage of parts of North Vietnam A helicopter for combat-search-and-rescue duties was always stationed on the PIRAZ ship Note that the U S Navy Seasprite appears to be painted in the standard U S Air Force South-east Asia camouflage medium green dark green and tan light grey undersides The helicopter was probably assigned to Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 7 HC-7 Sea Devils http //www navy mil/ah_online/department_arch html U S Navy All Hands magazine http //www navy mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah196802 pdf February 1968 p 17 U S Navy ca 1967 All photographs published in ALL HANDS are official Department of Defense photographs unless otherwise designated PD-USGov-Military-Navy Kaman UH-2A/B Seasprite Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 7 United States Navy USS Wainwright CG-28 |