Model name: AC-130U "Spooky II"（4th Special Operations Squadron）
Application: Collection,Souvenir Gift, Home Office Decoration,Educational,Model
Age Range: > 14 years old
Type: Static finished model
Material: Zinc alloy,plastic
Scale: 1:200
Size: approx 15cm(L) * 20cm(W)*6cm(H)/6inch(L) * 7.9inch(W)* 2.4inch(H)
Package:Aircraft model,Display stand,Original box
(First Flight: 1990 | Primary Operator: United States Air Force Special Operations Command)
AC-130U "Spooky II" Gunship (Serial Number 92-0253) Detailed Profile
Production Info:
Base Model: C-130H transport (Lockheed Constructor No. 5127)
Conversion Date: 1993 at Eglin AFB, Florida
Assigned Unit: 4th Special Operations Squadron (4th SOS), Hurlburt Field, Florida
Balkan Operations (1999):
Conducted nighttime interdiction missions during Kosovo War
Holds record for destroying 23 mobile targets in single night
War on Terror:
Provided close air support in Afghanistan (2001-2014)
Participated in perimeter security for Operation Neptune Spear (2011 Osama bin Laden raid)
Operational Data:
Accumulated 2,317 combat flight hours
Delivered over 180 tons of ordnance
Retirement Date: September 2019
Final Station: Hurlburt Field, Florida
Preservation:
Displayed at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force (Ohio)
Maintained in final combat configuration (with all weapon systems)
Retains combat markings (78 tank/armored vehicle kill symbols)
Awarded "Special Operations Aircraft of the Year" (2006)
Developed "Cyclone" tactics adopted into AC-130J training manuals
First AC-130U to test "smart munition" guidance systems
Note: Tail code "LF" indicates long-term assignment to Hurlburt Field. Its 105mm gun barrel is separately preserved as an AFSOC command exhibit.