The predecessor of the first fixed-wing gunship used in Southeast Asia was the WWII twin-engined C-47 (DC-3) “Gooney Bird,” which was first brought to Vietnam as a transport and cargo ship in November 1961. The mighty dragon Puff evolved from very humble beginnings. The Evolution of Puff, the Magic Dragon Plane Nothing moved in the eerie glare of the last flare as it floated slowly to the earth. The drone of his huge engines faded into the distance and a deathly silence lingered over the battlefield. When daylight began Puff’s work was done. Puff the Magic Dragon flew back and forth over the battlefield that night in 1967, dropping huge two million-candle-power parachute flares and occasionally lighting up the sky with his fiery red breath. The sound was indescribable, a deep guttural roar that anyone who has ever heard and lived, will always remember. When Puff unleashed that first six-second burst every man knew instantly what it was. Puff! Puff The Magic Dragon plane was predecessor to the Lockheed AC-130.
The sound got steadily louder, when suddenly a curtain of red fire erupted from the sky and rained down on the rice paddies in front of us. Off in the distance came the faint drone of a large propeller-driven aircraft.
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