Douglas AC-47 Spooky

AC-47
	A restored AC-47 in flight
Role	Ground-attack aircraft and close air support gunship
Manufacturer	Douglas Aircraft Company
First flight	1964
Introduction	1965
Status	In service with the Colombian Air Force
Primary users	United States Air Force (former); Philippine Air Force (former); Royal Lao Air Force (former); Khmer Air Force (former); Colombian Air Force;
Produced	1963–1965 (US military conversions); 1987 and 1993 (Colombian conversions);
Number built	53
Developed from	C-47 Skytrain

The Douglas AC-47 ("Puff, the Magic Dragon") was the first in a series of fixed-wing gunships developed by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. It was designed to provide more firepower than light and medium ground-attack aircraft in certain situations when ground forces called for close air support.