"Stinger Gunship Nets 40 Trucks" Topic
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| Kaoschallenged | 02 Aug 2013 11:08 p.m. PST |
Stinger Gunship Nets 40 Trucks
Gunfighter Village Newspaper, Danang Air Base, Vietnam "Maj. Dick Wargowsky knew he had a good gunship crew working with him when they destroyed 19 trucks in one night over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos. He didn't know just how good until they came back the next night and picked off 21 more to put them far ahead of the competition. Dubbed the "Polish Bandits" by other members of the 18th Special Operations Squadron, the AC-119K Stinger crew has many good nights of truck hunting behind them, but never two like this, back-to-back. Only moments after they reached the target area, sensor operator Maj. Tom Vandenack spotted the first of many trucks he was to identify that night. " link |
 Legion 4  | 03 Aug 2013 6:45 a.m. PST |
Cool !!! Many forget the AC-119K Gunship, but remember the AC-47s and AC-130s … |
| Failure16 | 06 Aug 2013 10:09 a.m. PST |
Great find. No matter what airframe they were aboard, the crewmen of the various gunships in Vietnam and other conflicts before and since have amazing guts and versatility. I'll certainly never forget the AC-119 as it was one of the largest and relatively intricate models I built as a kid (1/72 Testors; nothing special, but daunting at that age…and rewarding when completed in a probably dubious manner). |
| Kaoschallenged | 06 Aug 2013 8:02 p.m. PST |
The AC-119 is the second most gunship during the War favorite next to the AC-47. Robert |
| Kaoschallenged | 08 Aug 2013 9:55 p.m. PST |
I meant that the AC-119 is my second most favorite gunship next to the AC-47 LOL. Robert |
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