Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - AC-130Hs na rukunin Rundunar Sojoji na Musamman na 16 sun ci gaba da juyawa zuwa Howard AB, Panama, ayyukan sa ido a El Salvador da sauran wuraren da ke da sha'awa na Amurka ta Tsakiya, tare da dokokin shiga tsakani a ƙarshe suna ba da damar kai hare-hare kan manufofin FMLN. Wannan sadaukarwar masu kula da ma'aikata ta fara ne a 1983 kuma ta ci gaba har zuwa 1990. An yi la'akari da cewa AC-130 ya hanzarta kawo karshen Salvadoran Civil War
a cikin shekarun 1980. Ma'aikatan jirgin sun tashi daga Honduras kuma sun kai farmaki kan sansanonin 'yan tawaye.