AC-119 Shadow/Stinger Gunship

[stinger7566]

my father flew on the stingers flew with the polish bandits name was richard reilly

[5spdstang]

@stinger7566

Im not religious, but god bless your father :-)

[49bmilne]

I flew aboard the G models as a gunner in 69/70 from Nha Trang, Tuy Hoa and Phu Cat. Calling all crew members....drop me an email

[skraphics]

I volunteered for 'Nam in '69 and was assigned to the 18 SOS. I went to Lockbourne AFB, Ohio to the 4413th. I was a 42152 Pneudraulic Repairman. TDY'd to Phang Rang, Vietnam in Dec '69 with a 28 maintenance crew on a C-130 to provide support for 6 AC119K gunship. Route; Lockbourne AFB>Minot AFB>Elmendorf AFB>ADAK>Midway>Wake> Guam>Phillipines.Phang Rang>Yokota AFB>Elmendorf AFB>Lockbourne AFB IN 11 DAYS. Youngest crew member. ChangeD a segemented rotor brake on the AC1119 when it was -15 deg F

[lisichkaf]

Thanks for posting! This is my grandfathers unit during Viet Nam.

[thegreeneyeseesyou]

Anyone fly in the AC-123K Black Spot? That would be the 4th and I think last of the series of the gunships.

[healeymanjim]

flew the stinger out of phan rang, ton son nhut, and nakkom phonom in 70,71 and came back to nkp in early 72. ferried over a couple to saigon and phan rang during the last days of the war while an instructor pilot at hurlburt field. known as the "windmill shithouse" it did the job.

[whathappyvalley]

What a gunship, Spooky, Shadow, & Stingers were. Ask any troop that was on the ground needing one to give them real life ground support to save their bacon. I flew on Stinger Gunships with the 18th SOS. While AC-130s were tuling around in the Stratosphere, AC-47 Spookys,

AC- 119G Shadows & AC-119K Stinger Gunships were flying low and slow, getting the job done. Stinger Gunships hit the same targets as AC-130's only flying lower. None of the AC-119 gunships ever made it back to the U.S.A.

[newbe83]

I think I heard a stat somewhere that no camp that was supported by a gunship was ever lost.

That's some serious firepower in those planes...

[baldy44us]

I was the artillery FO on LZ Ike, in Tay Ninh province, during November 1969. Shadow provided great fire support for me while we were under one of frequent ground attacks. The Shadow's call sign may have been Shadow 47.

[peepeevagi]

My favorite of all the US gun trucks.

The AC-119 is just... unique. Like it's forerunner the AC-47.

The AC-130's just overkill.

[aferguson1960]

does not work

[burgcochem]

I took off from Cam Ran in February 2007 to Tan Son Nuth doing the Tourist thing That was kind of cool.

[TECHKLEC]

This looks like it might be Phan Rang AB???

[B777jockey]

Takeoff from Runway 12/30 at Nha Trang AB. Phan Rang was inland away from the coast and had Runway 04/22. I flew the AC119G Shadow Gunship out of Tan Son Nhut AB (Saigon) '70-'71 in the 17th Special Ops Squadron. Awesome weapons system!