It’s Spooky! The Douglas AC-47 Spooky was the first in a series of fixed-wing gunships developed by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. 🇺🇸 250th United States Marine Corps Birthday & Veterans Day Celebration Date: Monday, November 10, 2025 Time: 12:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location: SeaLegs at the Beach – Huntington Beach, CA Join us as we celebrate 250 years of Marine Corps tradition and honor all who served. This all-day beachfront event features: 🎂 Marine Corps Cake-Cutting Ceremony

This aircraft might look like a standard C-47 Dakota, but it’s actually the AC-47 Spooky, the first dedicated gunship in U.S. Air Force history. Developed during the Vietnam War, the Spooky was fitted with three side-mounted 7.62 mm Miniguns capable of firing up to 6,000 rounds per minute each. Crews would fly in slow, tight circles over targets, using tracer rounds to direct devastating firepower with pinpoint accuracy. Nicknamed “Puff the Magic Dragon” because of the streams of red tracers vis