Gunships were a fairly popular type of aircraft throughout the Vietnam War. Some, like Spooky, were fixed-wing aircraft that strafed East-Asian battlefields while others were helicopters capable ...

By late 1965, twenty AC-47s had arrived in Vietnam and formed the 4th Air Commando Squadron, followed by more aircraft and the 14th Air Commando Squadron in 1967. Training for the gunship was at ...

Vietnam: The War That Changed America, ... To identify the American gunship aircraft of the Vietnam War, ... AC-130H Spectre / AC-130 Spooky. Public Domain via usairforce / Flickr.

Residents of Portage may have noticed a distinctive sound overhead Saturday as a UH-1 Huey 'Greyhound' helicopter flew overhead.

The Air Zoo and Michigan Flight Museum offered residents a chance to ride in a Vietnam-era UH-1H Huey. The unmistakable ...

Once complete, Spooky will serve as a flying tribute to the original AC-47 gunships that pioneered close air support during the Vietnam War. As part of that mission, the Gulf Coast Wing plans to ...

The Bell UH-1 Iroquois, more than any other aircraft, became the face of the Vietnam War. The UH-1 first flew in 1956 as the XH-40. Later, the Army redesignated it as an HU-1, which was the source ...

The Vietnam War was nothing if not loaded with ironies at every conceivable level. The lowest-ranking Medal of Honor recipient in the U.S. Air Force was a case in point: John Lee Levitow’s ...

ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL) — Helicopters are synonymous with military operations today. If it weren’t for the Vietnam War, things wouldn’t be that way. It’s dubbed the “Helicopter War,” as ...

Vietnam Marks 50 Years Since Winning the War With 10,500-Aircraft Show, Sets World Record. Published: 21 May 2025, 18:56 UTC • By: ... This is how the Vietnam War ended ...

Captain Richard Stratton, a Vietnam War Navy veteran from Quincy, died in mid-January. He was 93. Before his funeral on Saturday, military aircraft were arriving at Boston Logan , and Gov. Maura ...

During the Vietnam War, AC-47 Spooky was developed based on the Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft that had been in service since the 1930s, and was affectionately known by many names ...