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Photograph of the Recovery of a UH-1C Gunship

Photograph of the Recovery of a UH-1C Gunship

Original caption: Flyaway Pack (Field Recovery). The recovery section of the 56th Transportation Co, (ADS), based in TAN SON NHUT, recovered a UH-1C Gunship of the 9th Inf Div that was shot down near Tan An Ci... More

Front view of a formation of four AC-130A Hercules gunship aircraft during a firing practice, a part of Exercise Brim Frost '81

Front view of a formation of four AC-130A Hercules gunship aircraft du...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '81 Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bob Wickley Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Air to air image of a AC-130 Hercules gunship firing over the Gulf of Mexico near Eglin AFB, Florida. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air image of a AC-130 Hercules gunship firing over the Gulf of ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ken Hackman Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An air-to-air front view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130 Hercules gunship flying over the northeast coast of Honduras during Exercise PEGASUS'87.  The aircraft, nicknamed"The First Lady,"is flying day and night combat air support for Honduran and US Army Special Forces

An air-to-air front view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130 He...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PEGASUS Country: Central America Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lou Hernandez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

First Lieutenant (1LT) Larry Belongia, pilot, communicates with 1LT Homer Powers, co-pilot, in an AH-1 Sea Cobra helicopter prior to take-off during Exercise TEAMWORK'88.  A three-barrel 20 mm cannon and 2.75-inch rocket pods are visible on the gunship

First Lieutenant (1LT) Larry Belongia, pilot, communicates with 1LT Ho...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK Country: Norway (NOR) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton Savage, Usnr-R Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

First Block 30 AC-130J Delivered to Hurlburt Field

First Block 30 AC-130J Delivered to Hurlburt Field

A U.S. Air Force sensor operator with the 4th Special Operations Squadron, watches as maintainers with the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Unit work on the brand new AC-130J Ghostrider at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Marc... More

Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Stephen W.

Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Stephen W.

Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Stephen W. Wilson speaks to Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Nov. 1, 2016. Wilson visited Hurlburt as par... More

An Apache Gunship from 1st Cavalry Division conducts

An Apache Gunship from 1st Cavalry Division conducts

An Apache Gunship from 1st Cavalry Division conducts route recon near Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, as the sun sets over the Hindu Kush Mountain Range.

Aircrew members with the 73rd Special Operations Squadron

Aircrew members with the 73rd Special Operations Squadron

Aircrew members with the 73rd Special Operations Squadron perform preflight inspections on an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship prior to a live-fire training mission at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Nov. 9, 2020. The AC-13... More

Hurlburt Field Honor Guard members make final adjustments

Hurlburt Field Honor Guard members make final adjustments

Hurlburt Field Honor Guard members make final adjustments before 21 Airmen are presented Distinguished Flying Crosses May 11, 2018, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. During the ceremony, 21 Air Commandos from four Spooky... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cory Litton, an aerial gunner

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cory Litton, an aerial gunner

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cory Litton, an aerial gunner with the 73rd Special Operations Squadron, loads a 105mm high-explosive round onto an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship prior to a live-fire training mission at ... More

Munitions systems technicians with the 1st Special

Munitions systems technicians with the 1st Special

Munitions systems technicians with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron discard 105mm round transport casings at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 15, 2018. Munitions systems technicians manage production, m... More

AC-130U Gunship pilot Capt. Chris Jennette and flight

AC-130U Gunship pilot Capt. Chris Jennette and flight

AC-130U Gunship pilot Capt. Chris Jennette and flight engineer Master Sgt. Tyler Stutzman from the 4th Special Operations Squadron fly a local training mission Jan. 27, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The AC-130U "Spoo... More

Aerial Gunner TSgt. Dan Spurlock from the 4th Special

Aerial Gunner TSgt. Dan Spurlock from the 4th Special

Aerial Gunner TSgt. Dan Spurlock from the 4th Special Operations Squadron inspect the 25 mm gun on a AC-130U Gunship Jan. 27, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The AC-130U "Spooky" gunship is the primary weapon of Air Fo... More

Aircrew with the 8th Special Operations Squadron conduct

Aircrew with the 8th Special Operations Squadron conduct

Aircrew with the 8th Special Operations Squadron conduct a training mission in a CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft above northwest Florida, Aug. 9, 2017. Aircrew members performed live-fire training with a .50-ca... More

A left side view of five AH-1G Cobra gunship helicopters in flight as a combined armament live fire exercise takes place during BRIGHT STAR '82. BRIGHT STAR involves troops from the US, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia and Oman

A left side view of five AH-1G Cobra gunship helicopters in flight as ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Don Sutherland ... More

A 105 mm Howitzer and a 40 mm cannon protrude from the side of a 16th Special Operation Squadron AC-130H Hercules gunship aircraft

A 105 mm Howitzer and a 40 mm cannon protrude from the side of a 16th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Susan Foreman Release Status: Released to... More

An air-to-air close-up view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130 Hercules gunship flying over the northeast coast of Honduras during Exercise PEGASUS'87.  The aircraft, nicknamed"The First Lady,"is flying day and night combat air support for Honduran and US Army Special Forces

An air-to-air close-up view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PEGASUS Country: Central America Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lou Hernandez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

An air-to-air front view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130 Hercules gunship flying over the northeast coast of Honduras during Exercise PEGASUS'87.  The aircraft, nicknamed"The First Lady,"is flying day and night combat air support for Honduran and US Army Special Forces

An air-to-air front view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130 He...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PEGASUS Country: Central America Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lou Hernandez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

AC-130U gunship Crew Chiefs from the 4th Aircraft

AC-130U gunship Crew Chiefs from the 4th Aircraft

AC-130U gunship Crew Chiefs from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, attach a panel back on to the plane during routine maintenance on Jan. 28, 2011, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The AC-130U "Spooky" gunship is t... More

Sgt. Mitchell Castner, a landing support specialist,

Sgt. Mitchell Castner, a landing support specialist,

Sgt. Mitchell Castner, a landing support specialist, climbs down a ladder during external lift training at Draughon Range near Misawa Air Base, Japan, August 21, 2017, in support of exercise Northern Viper 17. ... More

Airmen from the 9th Special Operations Squadron reunite

Airmen from the 9th Special Operations Squadron reunite

Airmen from the 9th Special Operations Squadron reunite with their fellow airmen on Eglin Air Force Base Fla., Jan. 6, 2012, after being deployed to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn. The Combat Shadows hav... More

A U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky Gunship from the 4th

A U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky Gunship from the 4th

A U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky Gunship from the 4th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fl., prepares for takeoff to provide close air support during an assault and casualty evacuation mission fligh... More

Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Minard, 901st Special Operations

Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Minard, 901st Special Operations

Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Minard, 901st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron dedicated crew chief, tows an MC-130P Combat Shadow from the flightline to the Air Park on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Aug. 15, 2015. ... More

105mm target practice rounds rest on a table at Hurlburt

105mm target practice rounds rest on a table at Hurlburt

105mm target practice rounds rest on a table at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 15, 2018. Munitions systems technicians with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron process, assemble and transport 105mm round... More

A U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky gunship reconnaissance

A U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky gunship reconnaissance

A U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky gunship reconnaissance systems officer with the 4th Special Operations Squadron plugs in his communication equipment before performing live fire close air support operations duri... More

Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special

Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special

Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, leads 21 Airmen to their seats before a Distinguished Flying Cross ceremony May 11, 2018, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. During the ceremony, 21 A... More

Air Commandos with the 4th Special Operations Squadron

Air Commandos with the 4th Special Operations Squadron

Air Commandos with the 4th Special Operations Squadron conducted a live-fire training mission in an AC-130U Spooky gunship at the Eglin Range, Fla., April 17, 2017. The AC-130U gunship’s primary missions are cl... More

U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members

U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members

U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members disembark a MV-22 Osprey at Hokkaido, Japan, August 18, 2017, in support of Northern Viper 2017. This exercise tests the interoperability and bilateral c... More

U.S Air Force MC-130P Combat Shadow taxis after landing

U.S Air Force MC-130P Combat Shadow taxis after landing

U.S Air Force MC-130P Combat Shadow taxis after landing on the flight-line on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 6, 2012. The last two Hurlburt Field assets returned home after deploying to Iraq in 2003 when Oper... More

U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members

U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members

U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members disembark a MV-22 Osprey at Hokkaido, Japan, August 18, 2017, in support of Northern Viper 2017. This exercise tested the interoperability and bilateral ... More

Secretary of the Air Force, Heather Wilson, pins the

Secretary of the Air Force, Heather Wilson, pins the

Secretary of the Air Force, Heather Wilson, pins the Air Force Cross on Staff Sgt. Richard Hunter, a Special Tactics Airman with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, during a combined medal ceremony Oct. 17, 2017... More

Munitions systems technicians with the 1st Special

Munitions systems technicians with the 1st Special

Munitions systems technicians with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron process 105mm high explosive and target practice rounds at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 15, 2018. Munitions systems technicians ma... More

A plane director prepares to signal taxiing instructions to a 16th Special Operations Squadron AC-130H Hercules gunship aircraft. The aircraft is armed with a 105 mm Howitzer and a 40 mm cannon

A plane director prepares to signal taxiing instructions to a 16th Spe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Susan Foreman Release Status: Released to... More

Air to air front view of Special Operations Wing AC-130 Hercules gunship on a training mission over the Gulf of Mexico. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air front view of Special Operations Wing AC-130 Hercules gunsh...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An air-to-air front view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130 Hercules gunship flying over the northeast coast of Honduras during Exercise Pegasus '87. The aircraft, nicknamed "The First Lady," is flying day and night combat air support for Honduran and U.S. Army Special Forces

An air-to-air front view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130 He...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PEGASUS '87 Country: Central America Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Lou Hernandez Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A U.S. Air Force AC-130 Hercules gunship is directed to a parking spot on the ramp. U.S. forces are bringing in personnel, materiel and equipment to support Operation United Shield, which is the withdrawal of United Nations peacekeepers from Mogadishu, Somalia

A U.S. Air Force AC-130 Hercules gunship is directed to a parking spot...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITED SHIELD Base: Mombasa International Airport Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Randy S. Mallard Release S... More

Crew chiefs from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron,

Crew chiefs from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron,

Crew chiefs from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, ride out in their truck to an AC-130U gunship on the flight line, Janu. 25, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The AC-130U "Spooky" gunship is the primary weapon of ... More

An AC-130H Spectre gunship prepares for engine shutdown

An AC-130H Spectre gunship prepares for engine shutdown

An AC-130H Spectre gunship prepares for engine shutdown on the flightline at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Dec. 20, 2012. The arrival of this gunship marked the first time in more than eight years that the entir... More

An AC-130U Gunship from the 4th Special Operations

An AC-130U Gunship from the 4th Special Operations

An AC-130U Gunship from the 4th Special Operations Squadron flies a local training mission on Jan. 27, 2011, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The AC-130U "Spooky" gunship is the primary weapon of Air Force Special Opera... More

Tech. Sgt. Johnny Hooker, an aerial gunner with the

Tech. Sgt. Johnny Hooker, an aerial gunner with the

Tech. Sgt. Johnny Hooker, an aerial gunner with the 1st Special Operations Group Detachment 2, loads 105 mm rounds into a container on an AC-130J on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Sept. 6, 2016. The AC-130J crew conduct... More

An MC-130P Combat Shadow is towed from the flightline

An MC-130P Combat Shadow is towed from the flightline

An MC-130P Combat Shadow is towed from the flightline to the Air Park where it will be installed and displayed on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Aug. 15, 2015. The MC-130P fleet was retired May 15, 2015, after more than... More

A U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky gunship takes off as

A U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky gunship takes off as

A U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky gunship takes off as a CV-22 Osprey prepares for its own takeoff Feb. 27, 2017 at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The aircraft flew in support of Emerald Warrior, a U.S. Special Operations ... More

A U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky Gunship pilot from

A U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky Gunship pilot from

A U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky Gunship pilot from the 4th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fl., manages flight controls while providing close air support during an assault and casualty evacuation... More

Members of the 505th Command and Control Wing prepare

Members of the 505th Command and Control Wing prepare

Members of the 505th Command and Control Wing prepare to enter an AC-130U Spooky gunship at Hurlburt Field, Florida, July 23, 2018. Airmen with the 505th CCW toured various Air Force Special Operations Command ... More

Air Force Chief of Staff civic leaders visited Hurlburt

Air Force Chief of Staff civic leaders visited Hurlburt

Air Force Chief of Staff civic leaders visited Hurlburt Field Nov. 1-3, 2016, to gain insight into Air Force Special Operations Command’s mission and engage with Air Commandos. Civic leaders provide feedback to... More

Airmen with the 505th Command and Control Wing explore

Airmen with the 505th Command and Control Wing explore

Airmen with the 505th Command and Control Wing explore the back of an AC-130U Spooky gunship at Hurlburt Field, Florida, July 23, 2018. Airmen with the 505th Command and Control Wing toured various Air Force Sp... More

An AC-130U Gunship from the 4th Special Operations

An AC-130U Gunship from the 4th Special Operations

An AC-130U Gunship from the 4th Special Operations Squadron flies a local training mission Jan. 27, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The AC-130U "Spooky" gunship is the primary weapon of Air Force Special Operations Com... More

An AH-1 Sea Cobra gunship is silhouetted against an evening sky after taking off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA 3). Pilots are practicing takeoffs and landings to evaluate the ship's new landing light system

An AH-1 Sea Cobra gunship is silhouetted against an evening sky after ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Belleau Wood (LHA 3) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PHAA Andrew C. Heuer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Gunfighter Pilots Awarded Air Medals

Gunfighter Pilots Awarded Air Medals

Capt. Nate Thompson, right, 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, "Gunfighters", shakes the hand of Col. Jessie O. Farrington, commander, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, a... More

Aerial gunners with the 4th Special Operations Squadron

Aerial gunners with the 4th Special Operations Squadron

Aerial gunners with the 4th Special Operations Squadron load 105mm and 40mm rounds onto a U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky gunship before performing live fire close air support operations during Exercise Emerald W... More

Master Sgt. Floyd Manley, a sensor operator with the

Master Sgt. Floyd Manley, a sensor operator with the

Master Sgt. Floyd Manley, a sensor operator with the 19th Special Operations Squadron, left, and Tech. Sgt. Raymond Kessner, a sensor operator with the 18th Flight Test Squadron, prepare the mission operation p... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Tracey Iverson is the commander

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Tracey Iverson is the commander

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Tracey Iverson is the commander of the 73rd Special Operations Squadron, the first-ever AC-130J Ghostrider gunship squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida. Iverson is in charge of the squadr... More

An AC-130U Spooky returns to the flight line after

An AC-130U Spooky returns to the flight line after

An AC-130U Spooky returns to the flight line after a night training mission at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 23, 2013. Many gunship missions are flown at night, which is why they frequently train at night. (U.S. A... More

Airmen with the 505th Command and Control Wing look

Airmen with the 505th Command and Control Wing look

Airmen with the 505th Command and Control Wing look out of a U-28A fixed-wing aircraft at Hurlburt Field, Florida, July 23, 2018. Airmen with the 505th CCW toured various Air Force Special Operations Command ai... More

An AC-130U Gunship from the 4th Special Operations

An AC-130U Gunship from the 4th Special Operations

An AC-130U Gunship from the 4th Special Operations Squadron flies a local training mission on Jan. 27, 2011, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The AC-130U "Spooky" gunship is the primary weapon of Air Force Special Oper... More

Members of the 505th Command and Control Wing explore

Members of the 505th Command and Control Wing explore

Members of the 505th Command and Control Wing explore inside a CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft at Hurlburt Field, Florida, July 23, 2018. Airmen with the 505th CCW toured various Air Force Special Operations Co... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Andrew Garman, an avionics

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Andrew Garman, an avionics

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Andrew Garman, an avionics technician journeyman with the 801st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, prepares to start preventative maintenance on a CV-22B Osprey at... More

Airman 1st Class Jonathan Omaraie, a special missions

Airman 1st Class Jonathan Omaraie, a special missions

Airman 1st Class Jonathan Omaraie, a special missions aviator with the 4th Special Operations Squadron, trains during a live fire exercise over Eglin Range, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 23, 2017. After goi... More

Airman 1st Class Jessica Poindexter, a munitions systems

Airman 1st Class Jessica Poindexter, a munitions systems

Airman 1st Class Jessica Poindexter, a munitions systems technician with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, spray paints a 105mm target practice round at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 15, 2018. Muniti... More

Airmen with the 505th Command and Control Wing explore

Airmen with the 505th Command and Control Wing explore

Airmen with the 505th Command and Control Wing explore the back of an AC-130U Spooky gunship at Hurlburt Field, Florida, July 23, 2018. Airmen with the 505th Command and Control Wing toured various Air Force Sp... More

Aircrew flight equipment specialists with the 4th and

Aircrew flight equipment specialists with the 4th and

Aircrew flight equipment specialists with the 4th and 8th Special Operations Squadrons provide necessary personal protective equipment to Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright before a familia... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Turner, a special

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Turner, a special

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Turner, a special missions aviator with the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron, stacks 105mm high-explosive round shell cases on an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship during a liv... More

Aircrew with the 4th Special Operations Squadron conduct

Aircrew with the 4th Special Operations Squadron conduct

Aircrew with the 4th Special Operations Squadron conduct a routine training mission in an AC-130U Spooky gunship at Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 19, 2018. The AC-130U gunship’s primary missions are close air supp... More

An 8th Special Operations Squadron CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor

An 8th Special Operations Squadron CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor

An 8th Special Operations Squadron CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft flies over the Gulf of Mexico, Aug. 9, 2017. The Osprey is a versatile, self-deployable aircraft that offers increased speed and range over oth... More

A front view of a 16th Special Operations Squadron AC-130H Hercules gunship aircraft starting its engines on the flight line. The aircraft is armed with a 105 mm Howitzer and a 40 mm cannon

A front view of a 16th Special Operations Squadron AC-130H Hercules gu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Susan Foreman Release Status: Released to... More

Air to air front view of Special Operations Wing AC-130 Hercules gunship on a training mission over the Gulf of Mexico. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air front view of Special Operations Wing AC-130 Hercules gunsh...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ken Hackman Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A plane director signals to the pilot of a Marine Utility/Attack Helicopter Squadron 257 (HMLA-257) AH-1 Sea Cobra gunship on the helicopter deck of the guided missile frigate USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47) during Earnest Will, a convoy mission in which reflagged Kuwaiti tankers are escorted through waters of the Gulf by U.S. naval ships

A plane director signals to the pilot of a Marine Utility/Attack Helic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EARNEST WILL Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Mitchell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

Colonel David T. Morgan, arsenal commander, and Lieutenant Colonel Shirley, arsenal deputy commander, inspect a 105 mm Howitzer installation aboard an AC-130 gunship

Colonel David T. Morgan, arsenal commander, and Lieutenant Colonel Shi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rock Island Arsenal State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Lou Rivera Release Status: Released to P... More

An M-561 1-1/4-ton cargo truck pulls an AH-1 Cobra gunship as equipment in offloaded from a vehicle cargo ship during Operation Desert Shield

An M-561 1-1/4-ton cargo truck pulls an AH-1 Cobra gunship as equipmen...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Ruark Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

AH-1 Cobra Gunship helicopters standby for take off during an air assault rehearsal on the aircraft carrier. UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk)s are in the foreground

AH-1 Cobra Gunship helicopters standby for take off during an air assa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE DEMOCRACY Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 J. D. Russell Release Status: Released to... More

US Army Cobra Gunship helicopters stand by for take off during an air assault rehearsal on board the aircraft carrier

US Army Cobra Gunship helicopters stand by for take off during an air ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE DEMOCRACY Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Russell Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Members of the Aviation Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), prepare an AH-1 Cobra Gunship for shrink wrap during SEDRE

Members of the Aviation Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SEA EMERGENCY DEPLOYMENT READINESS EXERCISE Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) S... More

AFSOC AC-130U, Hurlburt Field, Florida

AFSOC AC-130U, Hurlburt Field, Florida

An AC-130U Gunship from the 4th Special Operations Squadron flies a local training mission, Jan. 27,at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The AC-130U "Spooky" gunship is the primary weapon of Air Force Special Operations Com... More

A 105mm round rests in a munitions trailer on Hurlburt

A 105mm round rests in a munitions trailer on Hurlburt

A 105mm round rests in a munitions trailer on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Dec. 6, 2013. Aircrew members rejected the round after a loose crimp was detected during the loading process. (U.S. Air Force Photo Illustrati... More

Staff Sgt. Oscar Garcia, an aerial gunner with the

Staff Sgt. Oscar Garcia, an aerial gunner with the

Staff Sgt. Oscar Garcia, an aerial gunner with the 1st Special Operations Group Detachment 2, watches as munitions systems specialists with the 1st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron bring 30 mm r... More

Members of the media enjoying a ride aboard a MV-22B

Members of the media enjoying a ride aboard a MV-22B

Members of the media enjoying a ride aboard a MV-22B Osprey at Okinawa, Japan, March 7, 2018. Local and national media were given the opportunity to view the Osprey up-close and interview aircraft and squadron ... More

Members of the 330th Recruiting Squadron visit a Block

Members of the 330th Recruiting Squadron visit a Block

Members of the 330th Recruiting Squadron visit a Block 30 AC-130J Ghostrider gunship assigned to the 4th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 13, 2019. This is the first Block 30 AC-130... More

An MC-130J Commando II taxis down the runway at Hurlburt

An MC-130J Commando II taxis down the runway at Hurlburt

An MC-130J Commando II taxis down the runway at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Aug. 11, 2016. This aircraft is scheduled to be modified into an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship in the coming months. The Ghostrider will have a... More

A munitions systems technician with the 1st Special

A munitions systems technician with the 1st Special

A munitions systems technician with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron unloads 105 mm high-explosive rounds from storage to transport to a 4th Special Operations Squadron AC-130U Spooky gunship at ... More

U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky gunship from the 4th

U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky gunship from the 4th

U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky gunship from the 4th Special Operations Squadrons performs live fire close air support during Exercise Emerald Warrior over Eglin Range, Fla., May 5, 2016. Emerald Warrior is a U.S... More

AC-130U Gunship aerial gunners Tech Sgt. Dan Spurlock

AC-130U Gunship aerial gunners Tech Sgt. Dan Spurlock

AC-130U Gunship aerial gunners Tech Sgt. Dan Spurlock and Senior Master Sgt. Dwight Maling from the 4th Special Operations Squadron receive ammo on the hot ramp Jan. 27, before a local training mission at Hurl... More

AC-130U Gunship aerial gunner Tech Sgt. Dan Spurlock

AC-130U Gunship aerial gunner Tech Sgt. Dan Spurlock

AC-130U Gunship aerial gunner Tech Sgt. Dan Spurlock from the 4th Special Operations Squadron mans the 40 mm gun Jan. 27, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The AC-130U "Spooky" gunship is the primary weapon of Air Force ... More

An aerial gunner with the 4th Special Operations Squadron

An aerial gunner with the 4th Special Operations Squadron

An aerial gunner with the 4th Special Operations Squadron picks up a stack of 40mm rounds on a U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky gunship to load into the 40mm cannon while providing live fire close air support ope... More

U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky gunship aircrew with

U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky gunship aircrew with

U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky gunship aircrew with the 4th Special Operations Squadron lands after performing live fire close air support operations during Exercise Emerald Warrior 16 over Eglin Range, Fla., Ma... More

A left side view of three AH-1G Cobra gunship helicopters and an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter in flight as a combined armament live fire exercise takes place during BRIGHT STAR '82. BRIGHT STAR involves troops from the US, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia and Oman

A left side view of three AH-1G Cobra gunship helicopters and an OH-58...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Don Sutherland ... More

An air-to-air front view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130 Hercules gunship flying over the northeast coast of Honduras during Exercise Pegasus '87. The aircraft, nicknamed "The First Lady," is flying day and night combat air support for Honduran and U.S. Army Special Forces

An air-to-air front view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130 He...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PEGASUS '87 Country: Central America Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Lou Hernandez Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

AH-1 Cobra Gunship helicopters standby for take off during an air assault rehearsal on the aircraft carrier. UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk)s are in the foreground

AH-1 Cobra Gunship helicopters standby for take off during an air assa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE DEMOCRACY Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 J. D. Russell Release Status: Released to... More

Close up of a U.S. Air Force AC-130 Hercules gunship being serviced on the ramp after its arrival. U.S. forces are bringing in personnel, materiel and equipment to support Operation United Shield, which is the withdrawal of United Nations peace keepers from Mogadishu, Somalia

Close up of a U.S. Air Force AC-130 Hercules gunship being serviced on...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITED SHIELD Base: Mombasa International Airport Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Randy S. Mallard Release S... More

US Air Force (USAF) CHIEF MASTER Sergeant of the Air Force (CMSAF) Gerald Murray, in the weapons control booth onboard a USAF AC-130U Hercules "Spooky" Gunship, 4th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Hurlburt Field (FLD), Florida (FL), targets and fires the aircrafts 105mm Howitzer during a familiarization flight over the Eglin Range

US Air Force (USAF) CHIEF MASTER Sergeant of the Air Force (CMSAF) Ger...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eglin Range State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AF Special Operations Scene Camera Operator: ... More

U.S. Air Force 3rd Equipment Maintenance Squadron structural maintainer AIRMAN 1ST Class Luke Mazurak rolls E-Model gunship black paint over vinyl templates on the side an F-15 Strike Eagle fighter aircraft flagship at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, on Jan. 26, 2005.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN First Class Garrett Hothan) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 3rd Equipment Maintenance Squadron structural maintaine...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AIRMAN First Class Garrett Hotha Rele... More

A U.S. Marine Joint Terminal Attack Controller with

A U.S. Marine Joint Terminal Attack Controller with

A U.S. Marine Joint Terminal Attack Controller with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company calls in an AC-130 Gunship during Emerald Warrior aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., May 4, 2015. During Emerald Warrior, the Ma... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cory Smith, left, an aerial

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cory Smith, left, an aerial

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cory Smith, left, an aerial gunner with the 4th Special Operations Squadron, catches a 105mm high-explosive round shell case while U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Miguel Alejandre, an aer... More

Members of the 330th Recruiting Squadron visit a Block

Members of the 330th Recruiting Squadron visit a Block

Members of the 330th Recruiting Squadron visit a Block 30 AC-130J Ghostrider gunship assigned to the 4th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 13, 2019. This is the first Block 30 AC-130... More

Aircrew with the 4th Special Operations Squadron conduct

Aircrew with the 4th Special Operations Squadron conduct

Aircrew with the 4th Special Operations Squadron conduct a routine training mission in an AC-130U Spooky gunship at Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 19, 2018. The AC-130U gunship’s primary missions are close air supp... More

Aerial gunner Senior Master Sgt. Dwight Maling from

Aerial gunner Senior Master Sgt. Dwight Maling from

Aerial gunner Senior Master Sgt. Dwight Maling from the 4th Special Operations Squadron inspects the 105 mm gun on a AC-130U Gunship, Jan. 27, before a local training mission at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The AC-130U... More

Aerospace propulsion technicians with the 1st Special

Aerospace propulsion technicians with the 1st Special

Aerospace propulsion technicians with the 1st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron conducted maintenance on an AC-130U Spooky gunship here, July 6, 2017. Aerospace propulsion technicians test, maint... More

Munitions systems technicians with the 1st Special

Munitions systems technicians with the 1st Special

Munitions systems technicians with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron process 105mm high explosive and target practice rounds at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 15, 2018. Munitions systems technicians ma... More

AC-130U Gunship aircrew members from the 4th Special

AC-130U Gunship aircrew members from the 4th Special

AC-130U Gunship aircrew members from the 4th Special Operations Squadron step to their plane before take off Jan. 28, at Hurlburt Field, Fla.

First Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron

First Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron

First Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron munitions line delivery drivers leave the flightline on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Dec. 6, 2013. Line drivers delivered munitions for a training mission. (U.S.... More

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