AC-119s and Gunship Historical Information

AC-119s & Gunship Historical Information

Tech Data, Tail Numbers, Nose Art, 850 – The Last Stinger, Magazine Articles and Books about Gunship Development and AC-119s
  1. 7.62mm GAU-2B-A Minigun
  2. 7.62mm MXU-470-A Gun Module
  3. 7.62mm MXU-470-A Minigun Module
  4. 7.62mm SUU-11B-A Minigun Pod
  5. 20mm M61A1 Vulcan Gun
  6. AAA Gun Characteristics/Signature Reference Sheet
  7. AC-119 Gunship Special Test And Check Out Equipment
  8. AC-119 Gunship Subsystems And Equipment
  9. AC-119 Protective Armor Plating
  10. AC-119G Flight Manual USAF
  11. AC-119G Operations
  12. AC-119G Standard Aircraft Characteristics
  13. AC-130 and AC-119 Noise Levels
  14. Airborne Illumination System
  15. Fairchild News- Background Info – Fairchild AC-119 Gunship
  16. Hamilton Standard C-119 Propeller Conversion
  17. MXU-470/A Gun Module Illustration
  18. Night Observation System
  19. SUU-11/A Gun Pod Illustration
  1. AC-119 Losses Southeast Asia
  2. All Vietnam War Gunship Gunshipper Losses
  3. C-119 and AC-119 losses
  4. C119 Tail Numbers
  5. FaceBook C-119 and AC-119 Loss Inputs
  6. Story – What happened to the AC-119s
  1. Nose Art – Black Killer Duck WL
  2. Nose Art – Black Killer Duck
  3. Nose Art – Buzzard Eyes
  4. Nose Art – Fly United
  5. Nose Art – Montezuma’s Revenge
  6. Nose Art – Ole Clyde
  7. Nose Art – PeaNut Special
  8. Nose Art – Polish Cannon
  9. Nose Art – Shadow Charlie Chasers LF
  10. Nose Art – Shadow Charlie Chasers
  11. Nose Art – Shadow City of Columbus Indiana
  12. Nose Art – Super Sow
  13. Nose Art – The Charlotte Representative
  14. Nose Art Story – Roy Davis
  1. 2013 Vietnam and US Partnership – AF Mag Daily Report eNewsletter  
  2. 2013 850 March Update
  3. 2012 850 The Last AC-119K
  4. The Last AC-119K – 2011 850 Association Meeting 
  5. 2010 850 Update – Presentation at September 2010 Reunion 
  6. 2009 850 Update
Gunships:
  1. Spooky, Spectre And The Man – Col. Ron Terry’s Story about the AC-47 and the eventual Gunship Family – Air Commando Journal, Summer 2012
  2. Development & Employment Of Fixed-Wing Gunships 1962-72, by Jack Ballard
  3. Gunships of the World – Combat Aircraft Monthly 
  4. Early Gunship Evolution – Graphic by Norm Evans
  5. Fixed-Wing Gunships in SEA – CHECO Report July 1969-July 1971
  6. Big Gunships of Vietnam – Firepower Magazine 1980 
  7. War Zone: Vietnam Gunship Operations (Part 2) – Warplane 1987 Vol. 7 Iss. 80 
  8. Air Power and the Protection of Mekong River Convoys –American Aviation Historical Society Journal, Summer, 1978 
  9. Gunship History: The Role of Interdiction – AC-119 Gunship Association Archives
  10. Vietnam Deadliest Airlosses 1970-73 – VFW 2011 
  11. Gunship – Firepower Magazine 1980 Vol. 2 Iss. 13
  12. USAF Fixed Wing Gunships – The Aviation Zone  
  13. USAF Project Black Spot – The Aviation Zone 
  14. Side-Firing Weapon Systems – Air University Review (Military Aviator Tribute) 
  15. Gunship Lineage Patches & Aircraft by Norm Evans 
  16. Gunships by Norm Evans 
AC-119s:
  1. Talking Paper About AC-119s – AC-119 Gunship Association History Book, Editor: Dr. Elton “Larry” Fletcher
  2. Fairchild AC-119 Gunship Background Info – Fairchild News 
  3. Gunship III Shadow & Stinger – Air Commando Journal, Fall 2012 
  4. AC-119K Stinger – GlobalSecurity.org 
  5. Mayday Over Laos – AirPower Magazine (883 Milacek Mission)
  6. How Cargo Haulers-Turned-Into-Gunships Rained Fire On The Enemy In Vietnam by Barry Levine – Vietnam Magazine Article 
  7. Stinger 41 – Air and Space Forces, September/October 2025 
  8. Stinger Four One by Barry Levine and Alan Armitage – Friends Journal, Spring 2025, Vol. 48 No. 2 
  9. Veteran chronicles the service of AC-119 “Shadow” gunships in Vietnam – Larry Fletcher – War History Online 
  10. AC-119 Gunships and Their Disposal – FlyPast Article, September 1985, No. 62  
AC-47:
  1. “Spooky” Gunship Options in the Vietnam War by Lawrence M. Greenburg 1/18/22 
  2. Flight of the Phoenix Remake – C-119 Journey
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