During the Vietnam War, the CH-47 Chinook was known for its aerial mobility — a key advantage when you're flying low-altitude rescue missions over a hostile jungle. 🎥Air Warriors | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation

When called to duty, the C-47 always answered, repurposing itself into whatever the military asked it to be, and changing warfare forever. Watch the C-47 deliver paratroopers to Normandy, evacuate the wounded from the Pacific, and go on the attack in Vietnam during an all-new episode of Air Warriors, Sunday at 9/8c! | Smithsonian Channel

When called to duty, the C-47 always answered, repurposing itself into whatever the military asked it to be, and changing warfare forever. Watch the C-47 deliver paratroopers to Normandy, evacuate the wounded from the Pacific, and go on the attack in Vietnam during an all-new episode of Air Warriors, Sunday at 9/8c! | Smithsonian Channel

Douglas C-47 Skytrain 🛩 Perhaps no aircraft of World War II has been as durable or long-lived as the C-47 Skytrain. Utilizing Douglas Aircraft Company’s DC-3 civilian airliner airframe, it remains one of the most successful aircraft ever built. The DC-3 was the first aircraft to make civilian passenger travel reliable and profitable with the C-47 proving equally trustworthy in military service. A twin-engine, low-winged monoplane, the airframe included a light, all-metal alloy construction with