KoenL Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 A friend of mine runs a website ( http://dstorm.eu/ ) dedicated to the airwar part of Operation Desert Storm. On his website he tries to get complete lists of every aircraft that has taken part along with images and extra information where possible. While he does have a list of some of the Spectres that took part in the war he's not sure if the list is complete and he's always looking for more info. I will start another seperate topic for the AC-130H in ODS later. Does anyone have any additions/corrections to this AC-130A list? Serialnumber Nose Art Comment 53-3129 The First Lady 54-1623 Ghost Rider 54-1630 Azrael - Angel of Death 6 mission markings (camels) 55-0011 Night Stalker 6 mission markings (5 camels, 1 crab) 55-0014 Jaws of Death 23 mission markings (camels) 55-0046 Proud Warrior 56-0509 Ultimate End 56-0522 C-130A assigned to 711st SOS for high priority cargo and personnel transport Some questions/remarks: 53-3129: Did she fly any combat missions? Did any missionmarkings get applied and do pictures exist? 54-1623: Same question as for the above 55-0011: What does the crab symbol marking stand for? 55-0046: There are pictures of this aircraft with 12 pineapple (?) markings and 1 crab marking. Do these originate from ODS and what do they stand for? 56-0509: There are pictures of this one with 11 pineapple markings, from ODS? 56-0522: Do any pictures of 56-0522's 711th SOS/ODS period exist? Did any further AC-130A's take part? Hope someone can shed some light on some of these questions. Koen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac130sensor Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Pineapples (sorties) relate to Just Cause Panama and Crabs to Uphold Democracy Haiti. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoenL Posted May 7, 2011 Author Share Posted May 7, 2011 Thanks for that! Any suggestions as to possible other sites or forums for more info on which aircraft took part in ODS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWoods Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Spectre has a web site you can visit and read the history. do a search for spectre assn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmac_Project Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 http://www.thepavecave.com/videos/movies/DESERT%20STORM%20(Let%20It%20Rock).mpg Towards the end of the video you see 56-0522. Engine Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 (edited) I have the history on 5 of the last AC-130A's to leave Duke field in the mid 90's. It says 129 participated in Uphold Democracy but not Desert Shield/ Storm. 623 participated in Uphold Democracy and Desert Storm. It don't say how many missions it flew, just total hours, 13,900 and 4,300 combat hours...the most of any AC-130A that I have data on. 630 was the last AC-130A to engage in combat and scored the final kills. It received small arms fire and AAA threats and the entire crew received the DFC. 0014 scored the highest number of kills for the 919th and the entire crew received the Air Medal for the mission. Bill Edited May 10, 2011 by Spectre623 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoenL Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 Spectre has a web site you can visit and read the history. do a search for spectre assn Thanks Bob. I looked at the site but couldn't find any listing of the conflicts individual aircraft took part in sadly http://www.thepavecave.com/videos/movies/DESERT%20STORM%20(Let%20It%20Rock).mpg Towards the end of the video you see 56-0522. Engine Mike Mike, thanks a lot. My friend had been looking for images of this aircraft for quite a while. I have the history on 5 of the last AC-130A's to leave Duke field in the mid 90's. It says 129 participated in Uphold Democracy but not Desert Shield/ Storm. 623 participated in Uphold Democracy and Desert Storm. It don't say how many missions it flew, just total hours, 13,900 and 4,300 combat hours...the most of any AC-130A that I have data on. 630 was the last AC-130A to engage in combat and scored the final kills. It received small arms fire and AAA threats and the entire crew received the DFC. 0014 scored the highest number of kills for the 919th and the entire crew received the Air Medal for the mission. Bill So that's 53-3129: Did she fly any combat missions? Did any missionmarkings get applied and do pictures exist? nope 54-1623: Did she fly any combat missions? yes 54-1630: already had the confirmation it was in ODS and some pics but your additional info is very informative! 55-0014: again thanks for the interesting extra information! You said you had info on the 5 final aircraft of the unit so I guess the 5th didn't take part in ODS then? Thanks for the help! Koen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Koen ,the 5th acft I have info on is 54-1628. You didn't ask about it so I did not include it. It was in UPHOLD DEMOCRACY but not ODS. It's name was "Exterminator" and retired with 4000 hrs. of combat and 15,100 total flying hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoenL Posted June 12, 2011 Author Share Posted June 12, 2011 Thanks Spectre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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