"Puff the Magic Dragon will help in granting that wish...." Last night, the folks familiar with this aircraft, said that this isn't puff the magic dragon, puff was a predecessor to this plane. It's doing the same function as puff, just better.
Puff was an AC-47. There was another one called Spooky that was an AC-119. Both of these were used in Nam as were the AC-130 A models. Spectre is the latest and greatest gunship. The AC-130A model had 7.62mm mini-guns. The new AC-130 (H model, I believe) has 20mm Vulcan guns in place of the 7.62mm guns. Lots of awesome firepower. Hope someone posts a pic.