Fairchild AU-23 Peacemaker

AU-23 Peacemaker
Fairchild AU-23A Peacemaker in flight
General information
TypeArmed gunship, counter-insurgency, utility transport
ManufacturerFairchild Aircraft
Primary usersUnited States Air Force
Number built35
History
First flight1971
Developed fromPilatus PC-6 Porter

The Fairchild AU-23 Peacemaker is an American armed fixed-wing counter-insurgency and utility transport aircraft developed from the Pilatus PC-6 Porter for the United States Air Force. A total of 35 were built under license in the United States by Fairchild Industries, for use during the Vietnam War in the early 1970s. Thirty-four aircraft were later sold to the Royal Thai Air Force.

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