This week in history
“This Week in History” is a weekly recounting of historical events which shaped today’s U.S. Air Force.The 17th Special Operations Squadron flew its final AG-119G "Shadow" gunship mission Sept. 8, 1971. The aircraft was then turned over to the Vietnamese air force. Nicknamed “Shadow” for its close-air support and blockage of enemy supply lines on night missions, the AC-119 aircraft were the first assigned to the Vietnamese. Pacific Air Forces retained the jet-augmented AC-119K “Stinger’s”.
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