U.S. Air Force Capt. Timothy Young, 16th Special Operations Squadron, peers out of the cockpit window while flying over Melrose Air Force Range, N.M., June 21, 2012. The AC-130H Spectre is a close air support, air interdiction and armed reconnaissance aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Eboni Reece)
A KC-135 Stratotanker from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., conducts an air refueling with an AC-130H Spectre gunship, assigned to the 16th Special Operations Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., June 21, 2012. The Stratotanker refueling mission was flown by Air Force Reservists from the 931st Air Refueling Group at McConnell. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Zach Anderson)
A ground power unit provides electrical power for an AC-130H Spectre gunship, assigned to the 16th Special Operations Squadron, during pre-flight operations at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., June 21, 2012. The AC-130H Spectre is a close air support, air interdiction and armed reconnaissance aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Eboni Reece)
U.S. Staff Sgt. Michael Butler, 16th Special Operations Squadron, examines the barrel of a 40 mm gun on an AC-130H Spectre gunship during pre-flight operations at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., June 21, 2012. The AC-130H Spectre is a close air support, air interdiction and armed reconnaissance aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Eboni Reece)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Douglas Bailey, 16th Special Operations Squadron, communicates to other flight crew members on a helmet walkie talkie aboard an AC-130H Spectre gunship during pre-flight operations at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., June 21, 2012. The AC-130H Spectre is a close air support, air interdiction and armed reconnaissance aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Eboni Reece)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ron Tyson, 16th Special Operations Squadron, hands Staff Sgt. Michael Butler, 16 SOS, a 105 mm ammunition to load on an AC-130H Spectre gunship at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., June 21, 2012. The AC-130H Spectre is a close air support, air interdiction and armed reconnaissance aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Eboni Reece)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ron Tyson, 16th Special Operations Squadron, waits for the take off of an AC-130H Spectre gunship at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., June 21, 2012. The AC-130H Spectre is a close air support, air interdiction and armed reconnaissance aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Eboni Reece)
by Airman 1st Class Eboni Reece
27th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs
6/28/2012 - CANNON AIR FORCE, N.M. -- Members from the 16th Special Operations Squadron flew a training mission on the AC-130H Spectre gunship at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., June 21, 2012.
