Douglas AC-47 Spooky

AC-47
AC-47
	A restored AC-47 in flight
General information
Type	Ground-attack aircraft and close air support gunship
Manufacturer	Douglas Aircraft Company
Status	In service with the Colombian Air Force
Primary users	United States Air Force (former) Philippine Air Force (former); Royal Lao Air Force (former); Khmer Air Force (former); Colombian Air Force;
Number built	53
History
Manufactured	1963–1965 (US military conversions); 1987 and 1993 (Colombian conversions);
Introduction date	1965
First flight	1964
Developed from	C-47 Skytrain

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 War. It was designed to provide more firepower than light and medium ground-attack aircraft in certain situations when ground forces called for close air support.