Month: January 2018

A very interesting article.

Please note the yellow recoil guard for the 105mm gun.

Loading a 40mm Brofors on Spectre.

Loading the 105mm howitzer on an AC-130.

On the ground.

A comparison.

Exposed.

In flight.

This was a little-known project.

A short video of the USAF Stingers in action followed by one of VNAF Stingers.

This is what it looks like when an AC-119K unloads on a ground target.

VNAF training on the IR sensor of an AC-119K.

AC-119s and A1s often teamed up together for attacks on the trail where the gunship would use it’s sensors to locate…

Battle damage from AAA.

Camouflaged UH-21s in the early days of Nam. Please note the door gunners.

This article contains some great photos and insight into what it was like to serve as a member of a Special…

This is the observer’s position where he used a night observation device to identify targets.

Inside Stinger.

The searchlight on Stringer.

Singer’s sting.

Another look at the 20mm Vulcan cannon firing.

Over the trail these gunships faced extremely heavy AAA fire up to and including 85mm.

The 20mm Vulcan cannons cutting loose.

The Stinger was a later development of the AC-119 gunship.

Considering the role that these aircraft played in Nam it is surprising to me that there is so little mention of…