RM2B00MWT–Vietnam: Night attack near Saigon. This time lapse photo shows tracer round trajectories, probably from a A U.S. Air Force Douglas AC-47D 'Spooky' gunship. The Douglas AC-47 Spooky (also nicknamed 'Puff, the Magic Dragon') was the first in a series of gunships developed by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. It was felt that more firepower than could be provided by light and medium ground-attack aircraft was needed in some situations when ground forces called for close air support.
RM2RBFJTN–Saigon, Vietnam: 1966 Airmen loading ammunition into one of the three 7.62mm cannons that are mounted on the side of an Air Force Douglas AC-47 Dragon ship. The cannons fire up to 18,000 rounds per minute, and the flares, flames and red phosphorus coming from the gunship were so awesome that the Viet Cong callled them Dragon Ships.
RM2B00MWP–Vietnam: Night attack near Saigon. This time lapse photo shows tracer round trajectories, probably from a A U.S. Air Force Douglas AC-47D 'Spooky' gunship. The Douglas AC-47 Spooky (also nicknamed 'Puff, the Magic Dragon') was the first in a series of gunships developed by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. It was felt that more firepower than could be provided by light and medium ground-attack aircraft was needed in some situations when ground forces called for close air support.
RM2B00MW8–Vietnam: A U.S. Air Force Douglas AC-47D Spooky gunship flying out of Nha Trang Air Base, South Vietnam, in 1968-69. The Second Indochina War, known in America as the Vietnam War, was a Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the U.S. and other anti-communist nations.
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