Reply #60: Thanks Capt Mac [View All]

Looks like they are worried about more, than just a few guys running around with RPGs.

It costs a lot to run a Spectre operation.

The maintenance alone will cost a fortune.

These ships are big and slow.

And in the gulf war they were not invincible.

AC-130E/H

* 69-6567 Ghostrider
o Lost to a SAM near the border town of Khafji 50 miles south of Kuwait City 31 Jan. 1991. Callsign Spirit 03.
+ KIA were:
+ Maj Paul Weaver - Pilot
+ Capt T.Cliff Bland - Co-Pilot
+ Capt Dixon Walters - Electronic Warfare Officer
+ Capt Arthur Galvan - Fire Control Officer
+ Capt William Grimm - Navigator
+ SMSgt James May - Gunner
+ SMSgt Paul Buege - Sensor Operator
+ TSgt John Oelschlager - Gunner
+ TSgt Robert Hodges - Gunner
+ SSgt Damon Kanuha - Flight Engineer
+ SSgt John Blessinger - Sensor Operator
+ SSgt Timothy Harrison - Gunner
+ SSgt Mark Schmauss - Illuminator Operator
+ Sgt Barry Clark - Gunner