Frank Vaughan wrote:
In message , "John Keeney"
wrote:
"Spooky", Tex, seems to have become a synonym for
"fixed wing gun ship". The few times we trained with
an AC-130 supporting, the grunts all referred to it as
"Spooky".
Besides, it is as official as such things get that the
AC-130U is "Spooky" instead of "Specter".

Spectre
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Frank Vaughan "Spectre Gunner"
Vietnam Veteran -- AC-130E Spectre Gunships

Yes, you served on a Spectre, but the AC-130U is "Spooky".

Would you believe the Air Force on this?

http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=71
The AC-130H's call sign is "Spectre." The AC-130U's call sign is
"Spooky. "

-HJC