![]() ![]() The first test flight of the AC-130J Ghostrider was completed in January 2014. ![]() Ernesto Ravina Air Base, Crow Valley Military Reservation, Capas, TarlacĪC-130J Ghostrider, a modified version of the MC-130J aircraft, is expected to replace the legacy AC-130H/U aircraft of the US Air Force. Air Force Airman with 320th Special Tactics Squadron uses a marker and protractor to plot on the map where the drops are called during the Simulated Close Air Support rehearsal at Col. Balikatan officially wraps up Friday but the live-fire close air support training was delayed due to a mechanical issue.Ī U.S. The training will take place during a five-day window starting Saturday. The airmen and their Philippine counterparts have been at Crow Valley practicing procedures to call for close air support but will advance to live-fire training with the gunship. service members who have been training with 736 Philippine troops during the annual Balikatan exercise, which kicked off April 12. The Special Operations airmen are among 225 U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kaylea Berry) Ernesto Ravina Air Base, Crow Valley Military Reservation, Capas, Tarlac, Ph., Apas part of Exercise Balikatan. and Philippine Airmen prepare for the Simulated Close Air Support rehearsal to begin at Col. It will involve a gunship from the 73rd Special Operations Squadron out of Hurlburt Field, Fla., airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Group from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, and Philippine joint terminal attack controllers from 710th Special Operations Wing. The gunship will participate in close air support training at Crow Valley Military Reservation, a live-fire range north of Clark Air Base on the island of Luzon. An Air Force Special Operations AC-130J Ghostrider gunship is set to end this month’s Balikatan drills in the Philippines with a bang. ![]()
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