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Spectre Overhead: A Video Tribute to the AC-130 Spooky Gunboat

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From its humble beginnings as an armed C-47 transport, designated the AC-47 “Spooky,” the weapon system has evolved into the AC-130 “Spectre,” whose U model represents the cutting edge of close air support in friendly-controlled skies over battlefields from Panama to Somalia to Afghanistan.

Tagged as: AC-130, Air Force, Special Forces, Special Operations, Videos

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Inside Special Ops with Oliver North

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Thanks to the miracle of Hulu, I was able to view a great episode of War Stories with Oliver North that my Tivo missed.  This was the episode was about the Special Operations community.
It aired right after the Navy SEALs beatdown of the Somali pirates, so there was a quick segment about that incident.  Even [...]

Tagged as: Marines, MARSOC, Navy SEALs, SOCOM, Special Forces, Special Operations

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