Remembering The
AC130A Spectre Gunship
“Ghostrider In The Sky”

In Honor Of All Who Flew As Spectre

I HAVE FLOWN WITH THE BEST,
AND I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT SPECTRE WAS OUR NAME.
SOARING ABOVE IN THE NIGHT, WE COULD SUDDENLY STRIKE
ERUPTING THE GROUND IN FLAME.
LIKE THE TONGUE OF A DRAGON,
FLICKERING TRACERS OF FIRE RAINED FROM ON HIGH.
AND ALL WHO SAW THIS FEARSOME SIGHT
KNEW IT WAS THE GHOSTRIDER IN THE SKY.
A CALL FOR HELP WAS WHAT IT TOOK TO BRING SPECTRE ON THE SCENE.
TO OUR FRIENDS WE WERE A GIFT FROM HEAVEN,
TO OTHERS WE WERE MEAN.
SOME THOUGHT THEY SAW LIGHTENING,
OTHERS THOUGHT IT WAS HAIL.
BUT WHEN THE TRUTH WAS KNOWN,
IT WAS SPECTRE KICKING TAIL.
NOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED, AND SPECTRE’S ON THE ROOST.
BUT ON A SUMMER NIGHT WHEN EVERY THING IS CALM,
I CAN HEAR THE DISTANT THUNDER AND SEE FAINT FLASHES TOO.
THEN I THINK OF SPECTRE AND AM PROUD TO HAVE FLOWN WITH YOU.