United States Air Force Academy in El Paso County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Sidefire Gunships
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 10, 2020
1. Sidefire Gunships Marker
Who Came Before...
Spooky
AC-47
Born and Tested in Southeast Asia
in Mid 1960s
Shadow
AC-119G
Requested and Employed in
Grenada · Panama · Kuwait
Iraq · Somalia
Stinger
AC-119K
Spectre
AC-130
and Those Who Are
Serving Today
Erected by Spectre Association.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Cold • War, Vietnam.
Location. 39° 0.926′ N, 104° 51.31′ W. Memorial is in United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, in El Paso County. It can be reached from Parade Loop. Marker is in the United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, on Parade Loop west of Stadium Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: USAF Academy CO 80840, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Front Range and in Pikes Peak Region. It is also in the American Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 20th Air Force (here, next to this marker); 18th Fighter Group • 318th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); Seventh Fighter Command (here, next to this marker); 499th Bombardment Group (VH) (here, next to this marker); 497th Bombardment Group (VH) (here, next to this marker); 414th Fighter Group • 506th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); 15th Fighter Group • 21st Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); 500th Bombardment Group (VH) (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in United States Air Force Academy.
More about this memorial. Must have a valid ID to enter the USAF Academy grounds.
Also see . . . Spectre Association. Association Website homepage. (Submitted on December 5, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 10, 2020
2. Sidefire Gunships Marker on Memorial Wall
via Reddit, unknown
3. The Douglas AC-47 Spooky "Puff the Magic Dragon"
via Hulbert Field, unknown
4. AC-119 Shadow
"G" model, four 7.62mm miniguns firing from the left side of the aircraft.
Hulbert Field Fact Sheet
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Hulbert Field Fact Sheet
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via Hulbert Field, unknown
5. AC-130H Spectre
Credits. This page was last revised on July 10, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 186 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 5, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on March 23, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 4, 5. submitted on July 10, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
