Vietnam Conflict Era Gunship And Other Links

Photo of AC-47 aircraft gunship.

Spooky AC-47D Gunships
a.k.a. "The Dragonship", "Puff, the Magic Dragon"
The People, the Places, The Mission

Side view of AC-47 aircraft gunship with three miniguns protruding from windows.

Prisoner of War, Missing in America (POW/MIA) waving black and white flag.

Fourteenth Special Operations embroidered patch.

Seventh Air Force embroidered patch.

Minigun manufacturer General Electric embroidered patch.

Dispaly of ribbon rack for awards received by AC-47 squadrons in Vietnam.

Third Air Commando Squadron embroidered patch.

Fourth Air Commando Squadron embroidered patch.

4th SOS Patch

Photographs

Memorabilia

Website Links

Link to AC-47 Gunship
Reunion Website.

Spooky AC-47 Gunship Reunion Website

2024 - 15th Annual SPOOKY AC 47 GUNSHIP Reunion.
Hotel:Island Resort @ Ft. Walton Beach.
Ft. Walton Beach, FL.
Sept. 4 - 8, 2024.

Reservation Deadline: July 6, 2024.

Link to AC-119 Gunship
Website.

AC-119 Gunship Association Website

2024 - 24rd Annual AC-119 Gunship Reunion.
Hotel: Embassy Suites, Colorado Springs, CO.
Colorado Springs, Colorado.
September 11 - 15, 2024

Registration form and payment is due by August 12.

Link To
AC-130 Gunship Website.

Spectre AC-130 Gunship Website

48th Annual Spectre AC-130 Gunship Reunion.
Island Resort at Ft. Walton Beach.
Ft. Walton Beach, FL
Oct. 5 - 8, 2023

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Story by Aviation historian Steve Birdsall In
Aviation History Magazine during May 5th, 2017
Story Describes Several Ride-Alongs on 4th Air
Commando Squadron (ACS) AC-47D Spooky Gunship
43-48356 Based at Bien Hoa Airbase
Story concludes with the crash of 43-48356

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Pleiku Airbase Association Veterans Website

2024 Annual Pleiku Airbase Reunion
Embassy Suites By Hilton.
570 Scenic Gulf Drive
Destin, FL.
September 15 - 19, 2024

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Doug's Phan Rang
Newsletter Archive

Doug Severt's Website for Phan Rang AB, RVN

2024
Phan Rang Airbase Vietnam Veterans Reunion.
Hope Hotel on Wright-Patterson AFB.
Location: Dayton, Ohio.
Date: September 5-7, 2024.

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Tan Son Nhut AB, RVN Website

Tan Son Nhut Association 2024 Annual Reunion.
Hotel: Four Points by Sheraton(Huntsville Airport).
Address: 1000 Glenn Hearn Blvd, Huntsville, AL.
Location: Huntsville, AL
Date: September 18-20, 2024

Link to Ubon
RTAFB Reunion Website

Ubon RTAF Airbase Reunion Website

2024 Annual Ubon RTAFB Reunion.
Location: "Destin, FL"
Hotel: Hilton Garden Inn in Fort Walton Beach, FL.
Date: "November 7-9, 2024",

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American Flight Museum
Home of the AC-47 John Levitow Tribute Aircraft

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The Aviation History Online Museum - DC-3

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Trev Morson's DC-3 Hanger Website

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The DC-3/Dakota Historical Society, Inc

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Chris Smithson's tribute page to his father,
1st Lt. Michael Lee Smithson
AC-47D Spooky Gunship Pilot

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71st SOS AC-119G Shadow Gunship History
Bakalar Air Force Base, IN

Link to Air Commando Website.

Air Commando Association

2024 Air Commando Association Convention..
Island Resort.
Ft. Walton Beach, FL.
April 11 - 14, 2024

Link for
Visiting Website

366th Fighter Association

366th Fighter Association 2024 Reunion
Hotel: TBD.
Location:Pensacola, FL.
Date: October 16 - 20, 2024,

Link for
Visiting Website

366th Fighter Association

366th Fighter Association 2024 Reunion
Hotel: Holiday Inn, Pensacola, FL.
Location:Pensacola, FL.
Date: October 16 - 20, 2024,

Link for
EC-47 Website

The EC-47 History Site

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American Legion Website

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Veterns of Foreign Wars (VFW)

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Disabled American Veterans (DAV)

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Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA)

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The Distinguished Flying Cross Society

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Veteran's Records Request

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Vietnam Era Fixed Wing Gunship Related Books and
Publications

Link for
Ubon Website

Photographs

Memorabilia

Website Links

AC-47D Gunships Website Donald Luke
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Last updated 03/25/2024

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