4th Air Commando Squadron
AC-47 Spooky Gunship
Vietnam Era
Air Force Patch
Condition: Used and nice shape. Please see pictures.
An actual time period piece of the Vietnam War and Air Force Special Operations, "Puff The Magic Dragon," also know as, Spooky Gunship!
4th Air Commando Squadron - Vietnam War
The third predecessor of the squadron was activated in August 1965 as the 4th Air Commando Squadron.Although nominally stationed at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam, the squadron was organized at Forbes Air Force Base, Kansas, where it trained as the first gunship unit in the Air Force for the next three months. It flew night combat missions in South Vietnam manning the Douglas AC-47 Spooky gunship beginning in November 1965. By year's end, the 4th had flown 277 combat sorties, used 2,458 illumination flares, and expended 137,136 rounds of ammunition in support of friendly positions under attack. In February 1966, four of the squadron's gunships were moved to Thailand to operate against the Ho Chi Minh Trail. There they would serve several roles. They were equipped to assume Airborne Command and Control Center duties in lieu of Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft. They both struck and directed forward air control in the Operation Barrel Roll area of Laos. They also hunted supply trucks along the Trail. Between December 1965 and July 1966, they were credited with destroying 243 trucks. However, they lost four AC-47s and 26 air crew members in the process, as enemy anti-aircraft fire became steadily more effective. The 4th was then assigned solely to defense of hamlets and troops under attack.[4]
(REF: Wikipedia)
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