United States / Early Cold War
Sikorsky H-34 armed gunship family
Armed H-34 configurations used for helicopter fire support during the transition into the Vietnam era.
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United States / Early Cold War
Bell UH-1 Iroquois gunship family
Armed UH-1 helicopter configurations used extensively for escort, suppression, and direct fire support in Vietnam.
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Soviet Union / Early Cold War
Mil Mi-8 armed family
Armed Mi-8 transport-helicopter configurations used for escort, fire support, and battlefield attack.
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United States / Early Cold War
Douglas AC-47 Spooky
A C-47 transport conversion armed with side-firing miniguns that established the modern fixed-wing gunship concept in Vietnam.
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United States / Mature Cold War
Boeing Vertol ACH-47A gunship
A heavily armed Chinook conversion used experimentally and operationally as a large helicopter gunship in Vietnam.
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United States / Mature Cold War
Fairchild AC-119 gunship family
C-119 transports converted into Shadow and Stinger gunships for night interdiction and close-support missions in Southeast Asia.
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United States / Mature Cold War
Lockheed AC-130 gunship family
The AC-130 is a long-running family of side-firing gunships created by converting C-130 transport airframes into persistent direct-fire combat aircraft for close air support, interdiction and armed reconnaissance.
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