Photo by Staff Sgt. Kenneth Rodriguez | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 04.25.2025
U.S. Soldiers assigned to Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, demonstrate the Avenger Air Defense System capabilities by firing a Stinger missile during African Lion 25 (AL25) at Ben Ghilouf Training Area, Tunisia, April 25, 2025. This mobile system is a defense against low-altitude aerial threats. AL25 is set to be the largest annual military exercise in......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Vernon Walter | 27th Special Operations Wing | 03.21.2024
U.S. Air Force Col. Kaveri Crum, 1st Special Operations Wing Deputy Commander, gives a speech about the impacts of the AC-130W Stinger II gunship during the static display unveiling ceremony at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, March 21, 2024. During the ceremony, Crum highlighted the many operations the AC-130Ws have flown and its history as an Air Force Special Operations Command asset.......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Vernon Walter | 27th Special Operations Wing | 03.21.2024
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Thomas Moncure, 16th Special Operations Squadron commander, discusses the history of the AC-130W Stinger II gunship during the static display unveiling ceremony at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, March 21, 2024. The AC-130W flew its final combat mission as the last American forces departed Kabul, Afghanistan in August, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Charles Moye)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Vernon Walter | 27th Special Operations Wing | 03.21.2024
The Cannon Air Force Base Honor Guard presents the colors during the AC-130W Stinger II gunship static display unveiling at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, March 21, 2024. The AC-130W Stinger II flew combat missions in support of Operation NEW DAWN, Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, and more. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Charles Moye)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Vernon Walter | 27th Special Operations Wing | 03.21.2024
An AC-130W Stinger II gunship, Tail No. 88-1308, is memorialized as a static display after an unveiling ceremony at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, March 21, 2024. Also known as Excalibur II, it was the first of the AC-130W in the fleet to fire 30 mm rounds, employ the Small Diameter Bomb and Griffin Missile. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Charles Moye)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Vernon Walter | 27th Special Operations Wing | 03.21.2024
Members from the 27th Special Operations Wing and the 1st Special Operations Wing gather for a photo after a ceremony unveiling the AC-130W Stinger II gunship static display at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, March 21, 2024. In over 10 years of service as a gunship, the AC-130W flew a combined 2,170 combat sorties, totaling over 15,000 hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Charles Moye)...
Photo by Senior Airman Brennen Lege | United States Air Forces Central | 08.12.2021
A U.S. Air Force AC-130W Stinger II aircraft receives fuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, assigned to the 91st Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Aug. 12, 2021. The AC-130W Stinger II is capable of conducting continuous strike operations, including close air support for......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Westin Warburton | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson | 08.09.2019
A U.S. Air Force AC-130W Stinger II 105mm shell storage rack during Red Flag-Alaska 19-3 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 9, 2019. RF-A is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. and international forces flown under simulated air combat conditions. It is conducted at the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex with air operations flown out of Eielson Air Force......
