This year will also mark the end of the DoD-sponsored Commemorative Partner Program, through which the EC-47 History Site, Angelo State University, and the Heritage Chapter of the Freedom Through Vigilance Association have hosted 75 ceremonies recognizing thousands of Vietnam veterans and surviving spouses for their service to the nation.

This website is about the EC-47 and the men who flew and maintained the aircraft during the Vietnam War. Here you’ll find graphics and information relating to the EC-47 and its unique Signals Intelligence mission.

EC-47 ARDF fixes were used to target an enemy force for air, ground or artillery attack and to save friendly forces from ambush. EC-47s also carried linguists who listened in on enemy radio voice transmissions (called communications intelligence or COMINT), gathering even greater knowledge about enemy activity.

History of the EC-47. This section deals with the EC-47 aircraft and the Airborne Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) mission to which it was dedicated. Although co-located at the same bases, the EC-47 fleet was manned and maintained by separate USAF units.

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The EC-47 fleet suffered its first loss on February 18, 1967, when an Air America C-46 suffered brake failure after landing at Tan Son Nhut and ground looped into the revetment where aircraft 43-49679 was parked. Fortunately, no one was near the EC-47 and no injuries occurred to the C-46 passengers or crew, but 679 was a write-off.

EC-47电了战飞机由C-47运输机改装而成，可用于空中预警、电子侦察、空中助航校准等。 主要型号有：C-47RM试验平台、EC-47D (前身为AC-47D)1953年开始生产，主要用于美国国内导航也可用于电子侦察，在越战中使用过、H型，电子战训练平台、J型，电子战训练平台、M型，用途不明，在越战中加装了专用设备而改称M型、N型，电子侦察、P型，电子侦察平台、Q型，用途不明，装有特殊电子设备。

This nearly 20-foot-long by 8–foot-tall exhibit chronicles the EC-47 ARDF program and commemorates the roles, responsibilities, and dedicated service of all Vietnam-era ARDF veterans.

This Site is made up from data, information, Memories, Photos and other items provided by you, the folks who were a part of the EC-47 Mission. If you have something to share in this history of a most important mission in Southeast Asia.

A Research of the History of the EC-47 Aircraft used in the Top Secret Intellegence Collection in Southeast Asia, 1966-1974.