The 919th Special Operations Wing is an Air Reserve Component unit of the United States Air Force. The 919 SOW is assigned to the Tenth Air Force of the Air Force Reserve Command and is stationed at D
AC-130A, AF Ser. No. 55-0029, of the 16 SOS at Ubon RTAFB in May 1974. The following year, this aircraft was transferred to the Air Force Reserve's 711 SOS at Duke Field.
A parachuted bundle soars out of the back of a C-145A Skytruck during an air-drop mission over the Eglin AFB Range.
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The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed, long-endurance, ground-attack variant of the C-130 Hercules transport, fixed-wing aircraft. It carries a wide array of ground-attack weapons that are in
919th Special Operations Wing
…during exercises from 1971 to 1974. Redesignated the 919th Special Operations Group (919 SOG) on 1 July 1975, the group began transitioning to the Lockheed AC-130A Spectre aircraft and training for gunship operations, with close air support as a primary duty, but also including the ability to perform armed interdiction…
An AC-130J gunship from the 4th Special Operations Squadron
AC-130H Spectre near Hurlburt Field, Florida, in 1988
AC-130U armed with two 30 mm Bushmasters, 2007
Underside of an AC-130U Spooky