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    The Douglas AC-47 ("Puff, the Magic Dragon") was the first in a series of fixed-wing gunships developed by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam...
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    the Vietnam War. They replaced the Douglas AC-47 Spooky and operated alongside the early versions of the AC-130 Spectre gunship. By late 1967, the idea...
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    Gunship II", the AC-130 replaced the Douglas AC-47 Spooky, or "Gunship I". The sole operator is the United States Air Force, which uses the AC-130J Ghostrider...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Canon de 47 mm AC modèle 1934. The AC 47 was a French anti-tank gun of 47 mm calibre. It was principally used in the...
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    three 7.62 mm miniguns, designated AC-47 "Spooky", often nicknamed "Puff the magic dragon", also was deployed. C-47 Initial military version of the DC-3...
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  • Other famous gunship airplanes are the Douglas AC-47 Spooky, the Fairchild AC-119, and the Lockheed AC-130. The U.S. government had procured some 10,000...
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    rotary cannons in the AC-119K version), they replaced the Douglas AC-47 Spooky and operated alongside the early versions of the AC-130 Spectre gunship....
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    pronunciation: [assotʃatˈtsjoːne ˈkaltʃo ˈmiːlan]), commonly referred to as AC Milan (Italian pronunciation: [a tˌtʃi mˈmiːlan]) or simply Milan, is an Italian...
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    de Mitrailleuses (JM) cupola with twin machine guns. The AC 37 was superseded by the AC 47 anti-tank gun. Length of tube : 1.97 m (6.46 ft) Rifling:...
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  • himself, if asked, would certainly agree." During the Vietnam War, the AC-47 Spooky gunship was nicknamed the "Dragon" or "Dragon ship" by the Americans...
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    several other platforms following on from the AC-47, including the Fairchild AC-119 and the Lockheed AC-130. The AC-130 has had a particularly lengthy service...
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    the Minigun was also used on the U.S. Air Force AC-47, AC-119 and Lockheed AC-130 gunships. The AC-47 was known during the Vietnam War as "Puff the Magic...
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    sideways firing weapons as gunships for ground attack. These include the AC-47 and AC-130 gunships. An electronic warfare aircraft is a military aircraft equipped...
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  • with the Vietnam War, with a song dedicated to the ground assault aircraft AC-47 as well as the Agent Orange defoliant-inspired title-track. It was their...
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  • Grezar 1.Danilo Martelli 6.Romeo Menti 2.Guido Tieghi Grande Torino 1946–47 AC Torino season at WorldFootball.net "Mazzola, Valentino" (in Italian). Enciclopedia...
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    Retrieved 2024-02-23. "A-1E Skyraider". Hurlburt Field. Retrieved 2024-02-23. "AC-47 Spooky". Hurlburt Field. Retrieved 2024-03-05. "Gunship I: Spooky". National...
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    Medal of Honor for his acts of heroism while serving on board a Douglas AC-47 Spooky gunship of the 3d Special Operations Squadron USAF on February 24...
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    aircraft flown by this division, the AC-47, VC–47 executive transport and RC–47, were variants of the basic C–47, the RVNAF centralized these disparate...
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    autocannons, and 105 mm (4.13 in) M102 howitzers. The Douglas AC-47 Spooky, the Fairchild AC-119, and the AC-130 Spectre/Spooky, were vulnerable, and meant to operate...
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    loss: 1972 AC-47 Spooky—19 total, 12 in combat First loss: 1965, final loss: 1969 AC-119 Shadow/Stinger—6 total, 2 in combat First loss: AC-119G 52-5907...
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  • Da Nang. With the base in enemy hands, Kirby requests an airstrike by an AC-47 gunship, callsign Puff the Magic Dragon, which annihilates the Viet Cong...
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    aircraft types, including A-1E Skyraiders, AC-119G Shadow and AC-119K Stinger gunships, AC-47 Spooky gunships, AC-130A Spectre gunships, B-26K Counter-Invaders...
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  • Aviation Forum". Airliners.net. Retrieved 9 September 2015. "Advisory Circular AC 47-1 - Aircraft Registration and Marking" (PDF). aviation.govt.nz. 2022-09-02...
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    be used in strafing missions. Gunships like the AC-47 Spooky, AC-119 Specter, and early models of the AC-130 Spooky gunship proved to be devastating defenders...
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  • Destroyer (1954) Douglas BTD Destroyer Douglas C-1 (1925) Douglas C-47 Skytrain Douglas AC-47 Spooky Douglas XCG-17 Douglas C-54 Skymaster (1942) Douglas C-74...
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  • anti-tank rifle 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun 47 mm APX anti-tank gun AC 37 anti-tank gun AC 47 anti-tank gun 47 mm Model 1931 anti-tank gun Canon de 75 modèle...
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  • special), a 1978 U.S. animated TV program based on the eponymous song Douglas AC-47, a USAF flying gunship nicknamed "Puff the Magic Dragon", named after the...
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  • Agent 47 is a fictional character, the protagonist and the player character of the Hitman video game franchise, developed by IO Interactive. He has been...
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    Douglas FC-47 (later AC-47) Spooky (1965–1969) Douglas C-47 Skytrain (1966–1967) Douglas HC-47 Skytrain (1969) Boeing EC-135 (1970–1992) Lockheed AC-130U Spooky...
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  • Sunday newspapers Spooky, a variant of the Lockheed AC-130, employed in the Vietnam War Douglas AC-47 Spooky, used by the United States Air Force in the...
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