AC-130U, # 89-0511, was retired to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan air force base on May 8. The gunship had the honor of being “the first Air Force aircrew and aircraft to sink a maritime combat surface vessel during a war effort since World War II.”
That feat took place on Mar. 21, 2003, in the Arabian Gulf when it engaged and destroyed an Iraqi fast-attack patrol boat.
The Spooky also held the record “for the highest altitude ever flown by an AC-130U at 31,000 feet
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AC-130U that sank Iraqi patrol boat during Operation Iraqi Freedom has been retired
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AC-130U that sank Iraqi patrol boat during Operation Iraqi Freedom has been retired
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Re: AC-130U that sank Iraqi patrol boat during Operation Iraqi Freedom has been retired
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