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Dec. 16, 2024
Next Generation Aircrew Protection team conducts AC-130J vapor purge testing

The Next Generation Aircrew Protection team performed innovative vapor purge testing on an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship at Hurlburt Field, Florida, from June 24 to December 6, 2024.The NGAP team’s mission is to evaluate how well standard aircraft systems protect aircrews from chemical vapor attacks,
July 26, 2024
Total Force Integration: AFR aircrew executes live-fire training in Alaska on Active Duty AC-130J gunship

The 5th Special Operations Squadron deployed a reserve gunship crew operating the AC-130J Ghostrider weapons system with support from active duty maintenance specialists to Alaska to simulate real life logistical challenges and hone in on their training requirements in an unfamiliar environment.
June 26, 2020
First AC-130J all-Reserve crew

On June 5, 2020, a 5th Special Operations Squadron crew flew an all-Reserve AC-130 mission for the first time in 25 years on an AC-130J Ghostrider. The last fully Reserve manned AC-130 mission was flown in 1995 on an AC-130A Spectre. “The Air Force Special Operations Command family has seen so much

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