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From: hight@erg.sri.com (John Hight)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: RAF Gulf addresses?/Ac-130H in Gulf?
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Date: 7 Feb 91 01:37:58 GMT
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From: hight@erg.sri.com (John Hight)
In article <1991Feb4.055955.17678@cbnews.att.com> tom@.math.ufl.edu (Thomas J Gillen) writes:
>	I'm also curious to know if the AC-130H is seeing any action
>in Iraq/Kuwait. I know Hurlburt Field's 1st Special Ops Squadron is
>over there, and they fly the gunships with the 20mm minigun, the 40mm
>Vulcan, and the beastly 105mm howitzer hanging out a rear door.

I waited a few days before replying to this and didn't see any
responses (did I miss something?).  And I'm sure you've heard about
the loss of the AC-130H already.

Just wanted to correct a few details. The AC-130H has 7.62 miniguns,
20mm Vulcan cannons, 40mm Bofors cannons, and the 105mm Howitzer
mounted in the rear door.

My dad flew the previous-version gunship out of Ubon up and down the
Ho Chi Minh trail and he tells me the 105 really gave quite a kick.
He also tells me that they would occasionally strap down someone with
a rifle on the (partially) open ramp.

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