Posted on 03/03/2006 10:41:34 AM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
3" scar? Did they shoot you?........
Fall.
Wasn't that big of a fall, either.
But, apparently, it was enough.
You fell out of an AC-130?.......
Thanks for the links!
Not only that but the lying scum pretends that there is some mythical Iraqi "resistance" involved rather than foreign killers.
That's a beautiful thing.
When I was younger, my goal in life was to be a crew member on one of those beasties! But a scholarship and one bad eye changed that.
Still love them though.
Do these human rights groups ever criticize terrorists when they deliberately blow up civilians? No, didn't think so.
Iran, be prepared for incoming......
"The AC-130 didn't enter service until well after Vietnam was over."
But, but, but...Vietnam is still going on, isn't it? And Iraq is just like Vietnam, isn't it? sarc off.
Maybe they will finally start attacking the headquarters of terror, the mosques...good target rich areas.
The AC 130's may be more for Iranian terrorists than Iraqi terrorists.
Indeed it is. I flew , on a volunteer basis, Spooky II's uncle...the AC 119 in Vietnam.
Don't mess with the U.S.!!! Thanks for your service.
LOL.
I fell off a log and onto another log.
42+ days of hard work, down the drain :(
Actually, I have fallen out of a number of C-130s.
The AC-130s aren't jumpable, yet ;)
Horrible knowledge of the facts.
Rilley L. Van Dorn
AC-130A in Nov 1967, first AC-130 in Vietnam at NaTrang Air Base. 54-1626
The AC-130 at Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand in the Spring of 1969.
The 16th SOS lost 6 AC-130s during the Vietnam War.
The AC-47 "Spooky" was the aircraft used in Vietnam.
AC-119s were also used and the last AC-47 mission in Vietnam was flown in December of 69.
Can you think of a better staging ground in case things heat up with Iran?
The C-130 gunship was a new weapon system in an old airframe. Therefore, there were a number of firsts that one model or another chalked up for the gunship. Spectre was operationally tested at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., from June to September 1967. It initially deployed to Nha Trang, Republic of Vietnam Sept. 20, 1967, and flew its first combat mission Sept. 27. Its first truck busting mission was flown Nov. 8, 1967, and all A-model gunships were assigned to Detachment 2, 14th Commando Wing. In 1968, Det. 2 was assigned to the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing and became the 16th Special Operations Squadron. At that time the C-130A was renamed the AC-130A.
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