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What It's Like to Fire the AC-130 Gunship

Sam Eckholm
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This is what it's like to fire the AC-130 Gunship, the most heavily armed aircraft in the world! ► Interested In The Air Force Academy? https://www.academyblueprint.com/ ► 🤖 Join the Discord! –   / discord   ► ✈️ Sign up for the Flyby Newsletter! – https://bit.ly/3VJEpfV MY SOCIAL MEDIA! --------------------------------------------- 📸 Instagram –   / sameckholm   🎶 TikTok –   / sameckholm   👻 Snapchat Show – https://urlgeni.us/snapchat/sameckholm 🐦 Twitter –   / sameckholm   📲 Facebook –   / sameckholm   Special thanks to the incredible team at Cannon AFB for hosting me! Video Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:53 Aircraft Overview 1:50 Weapons Overview 2:15 30mm Gun 2:55 105mm Howitzer 3:31 Flight Deck & Recoil 4:14 Safety Cage 4:37 Mission Brief 5:42 Aircrew Flight Equipment 6:14 Flightline 6:50 Mission Operator Pallet (MOP) 7:14 Takeoff + Tweaking 8:33 Learning the Controls 9:10 Firing Gun 1 9:44 Gun 2 + Fire Mission 11:50 Loading the Gun 13:43 Landing + Conclusion Views expressed in this video are my own and do not represent the official views of the United States Air Force or Department of Defense -------------------------------------------- Email: ✉️ contact@sameckholm.com ...more
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What It's Like to Fire the AC-130 Gunship
This is what it's like to fire the AC-130 Gunship, the most heavily armed aircraft in the world! ► Interested In The Air Force Academy? https://www.academyblueprint.com/ ► 🤖 Join the Discord! –   / discord   ► ✈️ Sign up for the Flyby Newsletter! – https://bit.ly/3VJEpfV MY SOCIAL MEDIA! --------------------------------------------- 📸 Instagram –   / sameckholm   🎶 TikTok –   / sameckholm   👻 Snapchat Show – https://urlgeni.us/snapchat/sameckholm 🐦 Twitter –   / sameckholm   📲 Facebook –   / sameckholm   Special thanks to the incredible team at Cannon AFB for hosting me! Video Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:53 Aircraft Overview 1:50 Weapons Overview 2:15 30mm Gun 2:55 105mm Howitzer 3:31 Flight Deck & Recoil 4:14 Safety Cage 4:37 Mission Brief 5:42 Aircrew Flight Equipment 6:14 Flightline 6:50 Mission Operator Pallet (MOP) 7:14 Takeoff + Tweaking 8:33 Learning the Controls 9:10 Firing Gun 1 9:44 Gun 2 + Fire Mission 11:50 Loading the Gun 13:43 Landing + Conclusion Views expressed in this video are my own and do not represent the official views of the United States Air Force or Department of Defense -------------------------------------------- Email: ✉️ contact@sameckholm.com

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Sam Eckholm

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