The military layout of the olive-drab cockpit (above) is strictly utilitarian and logical. The map case (far right) is affixed to the forward portion of the door. Most pilots wore fatigues and a survival vest (right) that included a hand grenade and a .38-caliber Smith and Wesson revolver. The armament panel (opposite page, lower left) has a red-guarded arming switch for each rocket and one for each hardpoint (weapon station). A chieu hoi (opposite page, top left) was a “get-out-of-jail-free” card dropped by the thousands to encourage the Viet Cong to surrender. AOPA PILOT • 77 • JUNE 2011