Unleashing horrifying firepower and raining death and destruction on to the communist forces in Vietnam from the dark skies above, the AC-47 fixed-wing gunship was the first of its kind. Giving cargo ...

Maj. Derrell Jeffords bounced his roaring Spooky 21 down and off the runway at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. It was just before 7:30 a.m., on Christmas Eve 1965. The big camouflaged belly of his ...

Vintage Aviation News recently received the latest newsletter from the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Gulf Coast Wing, offering an in-depth update on the restoration of its AC-47 "Spooky" gunship.

As a close air support warplane, the AC-47 was an essential lifeline in the often close quarter combat of the Vietnam War. Originally developed in the 1930s, the C-47 Skytrain was the military variant ...