This aircraft might look like a standard C-47 Dakota, but it’s actually the AC-47 Spooky, the first dedicated gunship in U.S. Air Force history. Developed during the Vietnam War, the Spooky was fitted with three side-mounted 7.62 mm Miniguns capable of firing up to 6,000 rounds per minute each. Crews would fly in slow, tight circles over targets, using tracer rounds to direct devastating firepower with pinpoint accuracy. Nicknamed “Puff the Magic Dragon” because of the streams of red tracers vis
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This aircraft might look like a standard C-47 Dakota, but it’s actually the AC-47 Spooky, the first dedicated gunship in U.S. Air Force history. Developed during the Vietnam War, the
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BIG NEWS! 📣 Spooky is cleared to fly! The AC-47 will be at Wings Over Houston Airshow this weekend, so come out and see us!!! Here is Spooky taking off on a test flight at Commemorative Air Force HQ in Dallas this week. We're scheduled to depart Dallas Executive Airport late Friday morning for Wings Over Houston. See you at the show! 🎥 Eric Moss | CAF Gulf Coast Wing
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