A-37 Super Tweet - Cessna with a 3,000 Rounds per Minute Minigun - Vietnam War Legend

The A-37 Super Tweet was one of the few American aircraft that was first tested during actual combat. As the Vietnam War escalated in 1963 and American aircraft losses were higher than expected, the US Air Force desperately needed a counter-insurgency aircraft to fill the gap between support and offensive vehicles for military operations coordinated with ground forces. The main aircraft companies that built warplanes during the Vietnam War were Bell, Lockheed, Northrop, McDonnell, or Boeing. Other manufacturers provided the United States with aircraft such as the Huey helicopter, the AH1 Cobra, the AC130, the F4 Phantom, and the F5 Tigers, some of which are still used today.