AC-119s and Gunship Historical Information
LOTS more historical info about AC-119s and some of our sister Gunships
AC-119 Tech Data
AC-119 and C-119 Tail Number Info
AC-119 Nose Art
Last AC-119K Stinger, 53-7850
Gunship Articles
AC-119 Tech Data
- 7.62mm GAU-2B-A Minigun
- 7.62mm MXU-470-A Gun Module
- 7.62mm MXU-470-A Minigun Module
- 7.62mm SUU-11B-A Minigun Pod
- 20mm M61A1 Vulcan Gun
- AAA Gun Characteristics/Signature Reference Sheet
- AC-119 Gunship Special Test And Check Out Equipment
- AC-119 Gunship Subsystems And Equipment
- AC-119 Protective Armor Plating
- AC-119G Flight Manual USAF
- AC-119G Operations
- AC-119G Standard Aircraft Characteristics
- AC-130 and AC-119 Noise Levels
- Airborne Illumination System
- Fairchild News- Background Info – Fairchild AC-119 Gunship
- Hamilton Standard C-119 Propeller Conversion
- MXU-470/A Gun Module Illustration
- Night Observation System
- SUU-11/A Gun Pod Illustration
AC-119 and C-119 Tail Number Info
AC-119 Nose Art
- Nose Art – Black Killer Duck WL
- Nose Art – Black Killer Duck
- Nose Art – Buzzard Eyes
- Nose Art – Fly United
- Nose Art – Montezuma’s Revenge
- Nose Art – Ole Clyde
- Nose Art – PeaNut Special
- Nose Art – Polish Cannon
- Nose Art – Shadow Charlie Chasers LF
- Nose Art – Shadow Charlie Chasers
- Nose Art – Shadow City of Columbus Indiana
- Nose Art – Super Sow
- Nose Art – The Charlotte Representative
- Nose Art Story – Roy Davis
Last AC-119K Stinger, 53-7850
Gunship Articles
- AC-119K Stinger – GlobalSecurity.org
- AC-119 Gundship Disposal – FlyPast, September 1985, No. 62
- Air Commando Journal, Fall 2012
- Air Commando Journal, Summer 2012
- Air Power and the Protection of Mekong River Convoys – American Aviation Historical Society Journal, Summer, 1978
- Big Gunships of Vietnam – Firepower Magazine 1980
- Development & Deployment Of Fixed-Wing Gunships, 1962-72 – Jack Ballard
- Early Gunship Evolution
- Fairchild AC-119 Gunship Background Info – Fairchild News
- Veteran chronicles the service of AC-119 “Shadow” gunships in Vietnam – Larry Fletcher – War History Online
- Fixed-Wing Gunships in SEA, July 1969-July 1971
- Flight of the Phoenix Remake – C-119 Journey
- Gunship – Firepower Magazine 1980 Vol. 2 Iss. 13
- Gunship Lineage Patches & Aircraft – Norm Evans
- Gunship History – The Role of Interdiction
- Gunships – Norm Evans
- Gunships of the World – Combat Aircraft Monthly
- How Cargo Haulers-Turned-Into-Gunships Rained Fire On The Enemy In Vietnam
- Mayday Over Laos (883 Milacek Mission)- AirPower Magazine
- Side-Firing Weapon Systems (Military Aviator Tribute) – Air University Review
- “Spooky” Gunship Options in the Vietnam War – Lawrence M. Greenburg 1/18/22
- Talking Paper About AC-119s
- USAF Fixed Wing Gunships – The Aviation Zone
- USAF Project Black Spot – The Aviation Zone
- Vietnam Deadliest Airlosses 1970-73 – VFW 2011
- War Zone: Vietnam Gunship Operations (Part 2) – Warplane 1987 Vol. 7 Iss. 80