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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Staff Sgt. Seth Rosbrugh, 27th Special Operations Maintenance Squadron armament technician Airman 1st Class Thomas Orton-McIntyre, 27 SOMXS armament technician, remove a 105 mm blast diffuser from the AC-130H Spectre. The men and women of the 16th Aircraft Maintenance Unit have had the sole responsibility of inspecting, repairing and maintaining these gunships throughout their tenure at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., and even since they served in Vietnam. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Eboni Reece)Maintainers prepare Spectre for final determination
                        
                        
                        Staff Sgt. Seth Rosbrugh, 27th Special Operations Maintenance Squadron armament technician Airman 1st Class Thomas Orton-McIntyre, 27 SOMXS armament technician, remove a 105 mm blast diffuser from the AC-130H Spectre. The men and women of the 16th Aircraft Maintenance Unit have had the sole responsibility of inspecting, repairing and maintaining these gunships throughout their tenure at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., and even since they served in Vietnam. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Eboni Reece)
                
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        U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Seth Rosbrugh, 27th Special Operations Maintenance Squadron armament technician Airman 1st Class Thomas Orton-McIntyre, 27 SOMXS armament technician, remove a 105 mm blast diffuser from the AC-130H Spectre. While juggling real-world mission requirements, maintainers dedicated additional hours each day to ensure the necessary tasks of demilitarization were completed. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Eboni Reece)Maintainers prepare Spectre for final determination
                        
                        
                        U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Seth Rosbrugh, 27th Special Operations Maintenance Squadron armament technician Airman 1st Class Thomas Orton-McIntyre, 27 SOMXS armament technician, remove a 105 mm blast diffuser from the AC-130H Spectre. While juggling real-world mission requirements, maintainers dedicated additional hours each day to ensure the necessary tasks of demilitarization were completed. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Eboni Reece)
                
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Maintainers ready gunships for retirementPublished Feb. 5, 2014
                    
                    By Airman 1st Class Eboni Reece
                    
                    
                    27th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs
            **CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFNS) --**After more than four decades with the reputation by many as the Air Force’s “deadliest conventional weapon,” maintainers at the 27th Special Operations Wing are preparing the AC-130H Spectre for retirement.
A major player in every conflict since Vietnam, the AC-130H is now in the hands of maintainers from the 16th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, responsible for inspecting, repairing and maintaining the gunships. Currently there are eight gunships remaining in the Air Force inventory.
“Two of the eight aircraft will be static displays, one to be kept at Hurlburt Field, Fla., and the other to be kept here at Cannon,” said Master Sgt. Stephen White, lead production superintendent with the 27th Special Operations Maintenance Squadron. White explained that the remaining six gunships will be transported to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., where they will be a part of the famed aircraft boneyard.maintainers 



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