[mad_as_he$$]

Pretty sure all Spectres have been retired. To bad the Bushmaster did pass testing.

[Cheerio]

Not sure about status in Aug 2015 but you are probably correct that all Spectre and Spooky probably are all retired, to be replace by the new Ghostrider.

From wiki - In March 2011, the U.S. Air Force deployed two AC-130U gunships to take part in Operation Odyssey Dawn, the U.S. military intervention in Libya, which eventually came under NATO as Operation Unified Protector.

Former AC-130 gunship navigator Heithold, meanwhile, has plenty of ideas for the newest variant of that airplane, the AC-130J Ghostrider, now in testing. Two AC-130J’s have been built but the variant’s entry into service will be delayed, Heithold acknowledged, by his insistence that the Ghostrider carry the same 105mm cannon as older AC-130U Spooky and AC-130H Spectre gunships.