Monday, November 29, 2021

Colombia’s AC-47T Fantasmas Are Still Going Strong

 Via David

American troops loved Spooky. According to legend, not a single outpost that received fire support from an AC-47 was ever overrun.

Seventy years after their heyday, World War II cargo planes are patrolling the skies over Colombia’s vast jungles. The AC-47T Fantasma is equipped with infrared sensors to scan the jungles below — and also packs three side-mounted .50-caliber Gatling guns.

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