Introduction -- Developing the fixed-wing gunship -- Project Combat Hornet -- Inching forward through hoops of fire -- Finding the funds and modifying the contracts -- Logistics support for the ...

For a few brief years, Shadow and Stinger were the scourge of enemy ground troops in Vietnam. The AC-119 gunships, orbiting overhead relentlessly, could pour a fusillade of hot lead into troop ...

The US Air Force is gearing up for a conflict with well-armed adversaries. As a part of that, the military branch is rethinking what aircraft it has and how they're designed. One change the Air Force ...

Bill Evans, right, a Vietnam veteran of the 71st Special Operations Squadron, jokes with James Yrineo, left, about never having to use the bailout door Yrineo is holding open while visiting the C-119 ...