Thermal Imaging TV Operator

The Thermal Imaging TV Operator is an unnamed crew member of the USAF AC-130H Spectre Wildfire in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

Biography
The Thermal Imaging TV Operator is assigned to protect Captain Price's SAS team from Ultranationalist forces as they exfiltrate. He is only played in the campaign mission "Death From Above". He cannot be physically seen, however, he can be heard throughout the mission.

Notable Quotes

 * "Hot Damn! / Wooh! / Whoahhh! / Kaboom" -- After having achieved a direct hit with either 40mm or 105mm cannons
 * "Ha ha! I bet that guy's pissed. That's﻿ a nice truck!" -- After Price's squad has stolen two civilian trucks for transport
 * "Whoa! Someone just fired an RPG!" -- After Price's vehicle convoy has been ambushed and fired upon
 * "Holy shit, must've been a full tank of gas." -- After having blown up an enemy vehicle

Trivia

 * He is the first playable Call of Duty Story Mode character that can be heard talking during gameplay, the others being Joe Miller, Lucas Gibson, and Tom Sharpe from Call of Duty: World at War Final Fronts; PFC Joseph Allen from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2; Alex Mason from Call of Duty: Black Ops. (Private Nichols from Call of Duty 3 can also be heard speaking once during gameplay, although it is not confirmed that the speaker is him). The only other ones to speak are the Nazi Zombies characters from Call of Duty: World at War. Other playable characters speak at various times, but not while the player is controlling them.


 * He is the first playable character in the United States Air Force. In Black Ops, the player also takes control of Captain Mosely and Major Neitsch in the mission WMD.


 * It is possible for him to use weapons from the ground by nocliping on the PC.