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From: v059l49z@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Paul C Stacy)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: AC-130 STATUS
Message-ID: <1991Mar20.031354.27469@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 20 Mar 91 03:13:54 GMT
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From: v059l49z@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Paul C Stacy)

In article <1991Mar18.002835.22172@cbnews.att.com>, emory!Dixie.Com!stan@gatech.edu (Stan Brown) writes...
>	BTW what would a Spec' Op's force be doing on an AC-130 wgich is
>	th gun platform version.  I think this is just the normal contigent
>	for this aricraft counting gun servers etc.

(At least some of) the AC-130's are operated by Special Forces units.  Some
such as that in Eglin (or Elgin) AFB in Florida.  The media has a habit of
not getting the information QUITE accurate (such as calling APC's tanks.)




				Paul "Joe Friday" Stacy