The 16th Special Operations Squadron conducted a memorial flight over Cannon Air Force Base to honor the crew of Spirit 03, the last AC-130 gunship shot down in combat.
An AC-130 Stinger II gunship assigned to the 16th Special Operations Squadron conducts a flyover of Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, Jan. 31, 2022. The flyover was conducted in remembrace of Spirit 03, an AC-130H Spectre gunship assigned to the 16 SOS that was shot down during Operation Desert Storm. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Maxwell J. Daigle)
Spirit 03 was shot down by Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.
