via: 1st SOW Commander
March 2, 2022
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22 years ago today, an AC-130H Spectre gunship from the 16th SOS (then assigned to Hurlburt Field), rescued 82 U.S. Army soldiers, 28 of whom were injured, trapped in a rugged valley amidst intense fighting with Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces during Operation ANACONDA.
The 14-member crew engaged the enemy from overhead during a two-hour night-time operation that permitted two Black Hawk helicopters to land and evacuate the battered troops.
By the end of the engagement, the gunship’s crew had destroyed all enemy machine gun, mortar, and rocket-propelled grenade positions.
Grim 31’s crew was recognized with the 2002 MacKay Trophy for the most meritorious flight of the year.
March 2, 2022
·
22 years ago today, an AC-130H Spectre gunship from the 16th SOS (then assigned to Hurlburt Field), rescued 82 U.S. Army soldiers, 28 of whom were injured, trapped in a rugged valley amidst intense fighting with Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces during Operation ANACONDA.
The 14-member crew engaged the enemy from overhead during a two-hour night-time operation that permitted two Black Hawk helicopters to land and evacuate the battered troops.
By the end of the engagement, the gunship’s crew had destroyed all enemy machine gun, mortar, and rocket-propelled grenade positions.
Grim 31’s crew was recognized with the 2002 MacKay Trophy for the most meritorious flight of the year.
via: 1st SOW Commander
March 2, 2022
·
22 years ago today, an AC-130H Spectre gunship from the 16th SOS (then assigned to Hurlburt Field), rescued 82 U.S. Army soldiers, 28 of whom were injured, trapped in a rugged valley amidst intense fighting with Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces during Operation ANACONDA.
The 14-member crew engaged the enemy from overhead during a two-hour night-time operation that permitted two Black Hawk helicopters to land and evacuate the battered troops.
By the end of the engagement, the gunship’s crew had destroyed all enemy machine gun, mortar, and rocket-propelled grenade positions.
Grim 31’s crew was recognized with the 2002 MacKay Trophy for the most meritorious flight of the year.
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