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AP: AC-130 Gunships Returning to Iraq
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| March 3, 2006
| CHARLES J. HANLEY
Posted on 03/03/2006 10:41:34 AM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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posted on
03/03/2006 10:51:02 AM PST
by
Dallas59
((“You love life, while we love death"( Al-Qaeda & Democratic Party))
To: Spktyr
The AC-47 "Spooky" was the aircraft used in Vietnam
I thought the "Spooky" was the AC-130U?
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posted on
03/03/2006 10:51:05 AM PST
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Learn from the past, don't live in it.)
To: skeeter
I would be more worried if they did not bring in more fire power. These things are useless without targets. Apparently, targets will be flushed and eliminated.
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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posted on
03/03/2006 10:51:26 AM PST
by
Toby06
(Check out my revised profile!)
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
This redeployment will save a lot of soldiers lives , to have tac - air on call from AC-130s
Good move!
AC-130's "dragon breath" in Vietnam: 
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posted on
03/03/2006 10:51:32 AM PST
by
Candor7
(Into Liberal Flatulence Goes the Hope of the West)
To: Spktyr
The AC-130 was fully operational during Vietnam, just not in the current form. Over the course of the Vietnam war, the guns got bigger (and fewer), but it was most certainly in operation.
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posted on
03/03/2006 10:52:00 AM PST
by
SJSAMPLE
To: Spktyr
It looks like it got some service in Vietnam, at least according to
Wikipedia • Entered service: AC-130H: 1972 (AC-130U: 1995) The AC-130 gunship has a combat history dating to the Vietnam War, where it replaced the AC-47 and the AC-119.
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posted on
03/03/2006 10:52:23 AM PST
by
elfman2
To: skeeter
I'm thinking that this might be in response to: "al Qaeda Plotting 'Big Bang' in Iraq..."
To: Spktyr
I think that was "Puff." Spooky is currently in service.
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posted on
03/03/2006 10:54:09 AM PST
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
The planes have been there almost from beginning. No. 1 son a Marine grunt in Fallujah and Ramadi on two separate tours. Saw and heard 'em used.
To: Red Badger
Right on the gulf, right?
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posted on
03/03/2006 10:56:11 AM PST
by
SJSAMPLE
To: HEY4QDEMS
The original AC 47 "Puff" flew in the Vietnam war. "Spooky" was an update to that aircraft.
The AC 130U "Spooky"is the latest weapons platform for that aircraft.
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posted on
03/03/2006 10:56:53 AM PST
by
afnamvet
(CONGRESS.SYS corrupted; Reformat WASH_DC (Y/N)?)
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
A time exposure taken by USAF Captain Ralph Jones from a Saigon rooftop
showing a pair of 'Spooky' gunships at work on Vietcong positions in Saigon,.
during the 1968 Tet Offensive. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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posted on
03/03/2006 10:56:54 AM PST
by
Hatteras
To: HEY4QDEMS
To the best of my knowledge, the AC-47 didn't have an official nickname, but the troops called it "Spooky" or "Puff, The Magic Dragon."
The AC-130H's official nickname is "Spectre". The AC-130U's name is "Spooky II".
And I have to retact what I said earlier - the first AC-130 was deployed in 1972.
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posted on
03/03/2006 10:57:57 AM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Dallas59
Hmmmm... that was my first thought as well.
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posted on
03/03/2006 11:00:19 AM PST
by
TheDon
(The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON!)
To: Spktyr
Yep.
Originally deployed for firebase support but retasked to the Ho Chi Minh trail through Laos as supply interdiction.
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posted on
03/03/2006 11:01:27 AM PST
by
SJSAMPLE
To: Spktyr
"Puff, The Magic Dragon." That was it. It was one Bad Dude.
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posted on
03/03/2006 11:01:31 AM PST
by
DeaconRed
(IF . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)
To: Spktyr
No problem, I'm no expert on aircraft so that's why I asked.
Fortunately for me I was correct which means I might have to bookmark this thread to prove to my wife that at least sometimes I'm right.
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posted on
03/03/2006 11:02:01 AM PST
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Learn from the past, don't live in it.)
To: bill1952
47 was puff, the 130 at that time was super puff.
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posted on
03/03/2006 11:02:20 AM PST
by
eastforker
(Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
To: TheDon
Seems like a lot of firepower to deal with terrorists planting IEDs.
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posted on
03/03/2006 11:03:57 AM PST
by
babaloo
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