"Fact sheet AC-130W Stinger II". Air Force Link. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016. The MC-130Ws were 87–9286 and 9288, 88–1301 through 1308, 88–1051 and 1057.
McCool, John (2005). Interview with Major David Diehl, USAFArchived 19 January 2013 at archive.today, Operational Leadership in the Global War on Terrorism. Combat Studies Institute, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Diehl was a crew commander detached from the 550th SOS to the 7th SOS.
McCool, John (2005). Interview with Major David Harris, USAFArchived 20 January 2013 at archive.today, Operational Leadership in the Global War on Terrorism. Combat Studies Institute, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Briscoe and Robinson attribute the term "Ugly Baby" to a quip by a Special Forces trooper after seeing the flight path from Romania. However Harris, a radar navigator on one of the aircraft, states that the Talon II Electronic Warfare Officer mission planner coined the term for the infiltration route inside Iraq after analyzing the Iraqi air defenses.
McCool, John (2005). Interview with Major David Diehl, USAFArchived 19 January 2013 at archive.today, Operational Leadership in the Global War on Terrorism. Combat Studies Institute, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Diehl was a crew commander detached from the 550th SOS to the 7th SOS.
McCool, John (2005). Interview with Major David Harris, USAFArchived 20 January 2013 at archive.today, Operational Leadership in the Global War on Terrorism. Combat Studies Institute, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Briscoe and Robinson attribute the term "Ugly Baby" to a quip by a Special Forces trooper after seeing the flight path from Romania. However Harris, a radar navigator on one of the aircraft, states that the Talon II Electronic Warfare Officer mission planner coined the term for the infiltration route inside Iraq after analyzing the Iraqi air defenses.
Schilter-Lowe, Merrie (27 May 1998). "Combat Talon II crew receives Mackay Trophy". Air Force Special Operations Command Public Affairs. Air Force News Service. Archived from the original on 30 December 2006. Retrieved 10 December 2006.
Schilter-Lowe, Merrie (27 May 1998). "Combat Talon II crew receives Mackay Trophy". Air Force Special Operations Command Public Affairs. Air Force News Service. Archived from the original on 30 December 2006. Retrieved 10 December 2006.
"Fact sheet AC-130W Stinger II". Air Force Link. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016. The MC-130Ws were 87–9286 and 9288, 88–1301 through 1308, 88–1051 and 1057.
