Wings Over Vietnam - Spookies, Spectres and Shadows

Discovery Channel - 1996 52 mins

Spookies, Spectres and Shadows
To meet the needs of unconventional warfare. A series of benign cargo planes were modified into some of the most extraordinary and destructive weapon systems of all time. The success of makeshift gunships such as the AC-47 Spookies led to the creation of more sophisticated and deadly airborne predators, such as the AC-130 Spectre. It was equipped with high-tech sensors and the most powerful weaponry ever assembled in an aircraft.