A somewhat rare visitor arrived at Mildenhall late on the 5th August as RCH1005 having been delayed and diverting into Aviano in Italy, I missed the aircraft in some very nice late afternoon light.
On the 6th August she had an inboard propeller replaced and a subsequent engine run on HS44 indicated a possible early departure the following day.
Having arrived in near perfect light her departure was in more gloomy conditions.
AC-130U Spooky II Armament
* 1x 25 mm (0.984 in) 5-barrel GAU-12/U Equalizer Gatling gun - Front
* 1x 40 mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors cannon - Middle
* 1x 105 mm (4.13 in) M102 howitzer - Back
Forgive the amount of images but as a rare visitor I got a bit trigger happy