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Senior Airman Caleb Brooks, 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron deployed aircraft ground response element, watches 105mm howitzer rounds hit a target during live-fire training, June 16, 2015, at Eglin Range, Fla. Aircrew members communicated closely with ground-range operators to ensure the gunship's rounds hit simulated enemy targets. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Conroy/Released)


“Spooky” gunship hits the mark

Senior Airman Caleb Brooks, 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron deployed aircraft ground response element, watches 105mm howitzer rounds hit a target during live-fire training, June 16, 2015, at Eglin Range, Fla. Aircrew members communicated closely with ground-range operators to ensure the gunship's rounds hit simulated enemy targets. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Conroy/Released)

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Air Commandos from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Unit finish installing a flat baffle on an AC-130U Spooky gunship at Hurburt Field, Fla., May 19, 2017. Flat baffles are replaced on wings of aircraft to improve in-flight aerodynamics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dennis Spain)
Capt. Jonathan Rodgers, an AC-130U Spooky gunship pilot with the 4th Special Operations Squadron, scans the horizon during a live-fire training mission at the Eglin Range, Fla., April 17, 2017. Aircrew with the 4th SOS conducted a live-fire training mission to ensure mission readiness any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Pick)
Staff Sgt, Shane Hayes, center, a special missions aviator with the 4th Special Operations Squadron, offloads 40mm round shells from an AC-130U Spooky gunship at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 17, 2017. Aircrew with the 4th SOS conducted a live-fire training mission to ensure mission readiness any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Pick)
Staff Sgt. Alex Almarales, a special missions aviator with the 4th Special Operations Squadron, conducts preflight inspections of an AC-130U Spooky gunship at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 17, 2017. The AC-130U gunship’s primary missions are close air support, air interdiction and armed reconnaissance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Pick)
Special missions aviators with the 4th Special Operations Squadron reload the 105mm and 40mm canons on an AC-130U Spooky gunship during a live-fire training mission at the Eglin Range, Fla., April 17, 2017. The AC-130U gunship’s primary missions are close air support, air interdiction and armed reconnaissance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Pick)
Air Commandos push an ammunition cart to an AC-130U Spooky gunship at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 17, 2017. The AC-130U is equipped with a 25mm Gatling gun, 40mm and 105mm canons, and can take off carrying more than 150,000 pounds of cargo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Pick)
Staff Sgt. Joseph Del Hoyo, a special missions aviator with the 4th Special Operations Squadron, takes control of a 105 mm round at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 17, 2017. Aircrew with the 4th SOS conducted a live-fire training mission to ensure mission readiness any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Pick)
Air Commandos load 105mm rounds onto an AC-130U Spooky gunship at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 17, 2017. The AC-130U is equipped with a 25mm Gatling gun, 40mm and 105mm canons, and can take off carrying more than 150,000 pounds of cargo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Pick)
Staff Sgt. Joseph Del Hoyo, a special missions aviator with the 4th Special Operations Squadron, waits to load ammunition onto a AC-130U Spooky gunship at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 17, 2017. Aircrew with the 4th SOS conducted a live-fire training mission to ensure mission readiness any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Pick)
A special missions aviator with the 8th Special Operations Squadron looks on as a CV-22 Osprey departs the Landing Helicopter Deck at Duke Field, Fla., April 3, 2017. This was the first step in an effort to utilize the LHD as part of a pre-deployment requirement for CV-22 aircrew to be deck qualified. The LHD has the potential to save the Air Force $2.2 million annually. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Pick)
A CV-22 Osprey descends on the Landing Helicopter Deck at Duke Field, Fla., April 3, 2017. This was the first step in an effort to utilize the LHD as part of a pre-deployment requirement for CV-22 aircrew to be deck qualified. In previous years, members of the 8th Special Operations Squadron and 8th Aircraft Maintenance Unit would travel to various locations multiple times a year to gain aircraft carrier qualification. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Krystal M. Garrett)
A CV-22 Osprey approaches the Landing Helicopter Deck at Duke Field, Fla., April 3, 2017. The LHD will serve as part of the aircraft carrier qualification, decreasing the amount of time 8th Special Operations Squadron and 8th Aircraft Maintenance Unit personnel spend off station to fulfill the requirement. Additionally, the LHD has the potential to save the Air Force $2.2 million annually. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Krystal M. Garrett)
Airman 1st Class Ryan Conroy
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