![]() ![]() The resulting AC-119Ks were to be devoted to the truck hunting mission especially on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, where AC-130s had been very successful, but were in limited supply. ![]() While the rate of climb with one engine out was 500 feet per minute for the C-119K, the C-119G's performance under the same conditions was listed "unsatisfactory at combat gross weight." The K bolstered the piston engines with 2 wing-mounted J-85 jet engines. The C-119G's twin piston engined performance was so marginal at combat gross weight, that the Air Force had intended from the beginning to upgrade selected aircraft to a newly designated C-119K configuration. The AC-119K was intended to allay fears from elements of the US Air Force that the initially proposed AC-119G, only intended to replace the AC-47D, would be too limited in its capabilities. The US Air Force developed the AC-119K Stinger in order to meet urgent requirements for a gunship to supplement the AC-130A that could perform all of the missions of the earlier gunship models. ![]()
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