Renamed and converted from
tactical airlift to gunship operations, the AC-119 crew composition increased
from five to eight as the crew acquired a second navigator and two gunners
while the load-master cross-trained as an illuminator operator. Also, a change
in the ratio of crews to airplanes increased total crew requirements from
sixteen to twenty-four. *
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