miked62 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I'm more of a Herk admirer than a former crewmember, but I was reading recently about the dedication of the AC-130H at Cannon AFB's Heritage park. As part of the aircraft's history, it mentioned Operation Blinking Light and Bield Kirk over El Salvador. I vaguely remember the Blinking Light mission appearing on daily reconnaissance mission summaries while I was in the Air Force over 25 years ago, but wasn't sure what they entailed. Can anyone please provide more information on these missions? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Walter Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 See Page 23 :https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c023783626&view=1up&seq=25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Walter Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 On 5/14/2014 at 8:53 PM, miked62 said: I'm more of a Herk admirer than a former crewmember, but I was reading recently about the dedication of the AC-130H at Cannon AFB's Heritage park. As part of the aircraft's history, it mentioned Operation Blinking Light and Bield Kirk over El Salvador. I vaguely remember the Blinking Light mission appearing on daily reconnaissance mission summaries while I was in the Air Force over 25 years ago, but wasn't sure what they entailed. Can anyone please provide more information on these missions? Thanks. Bield Kirk, Blue Flame and Blinking Light were all the same mission. They just changed the name every three years or when the mission name was compromised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Walter Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 https://issuu.com/aircommandojournal/docs/vol_8_issue_1_isr/s/10754846?fbclid=IwAR04aNDczc61tKirq5oy5eyXFZiBOFEJYWwh1vsr-MoCXAyVwihVDVi4W6A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Walter Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 I think this link works better. Page 23 it starts. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007419784 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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