Italeri 1/72 AC-119K Stinger 1468

The heavy transport-plane Fairchild C-119 served the US-Air Force as the basis for conversion to a «flying gunship»,. This special version was especially used in Vietnam for night missions against Vietcong supply lines and troop concentrations. The AC-119 K was especially effective against trucks due to its two 20mm guns and four 7.62mm mini-guns. A further version, the AC-119 G, had lighter armament. Two additional jet engines were mounted to enable the plane to take off from short runways fully loaded with ammunition. With the entry into service of the more powerful AC-130H these earlier aircraft were progressively handed over to the South Vietnamese air force which used them until the fall of the Saigon government.

Type Bombers and reconnaissance aircraft