blind bat noun an AC-130 aircraft used for night flare missions in Vietnam between 1964 and 1970 US,1971 Bats are not, of course, blind; they see at night.
— Linda Reinberg, IntheField, p. 24, 1991
The role of the C-123s included the Candlestick flare-drop mission that had been performed by C-47s in South Vietnam and C-130 Blind Bat aircraft out of country. — Philip Chinney, AirCommando, p. 167, 1997