AC-130 Gunships Pack Awesome FirepowerROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer
The Lockheed AC-130 is a C-130 cargo plane converted into a gunship. The port side of the AC-130 houses firing ports for an array of cannons, howitzers and gatling guns. AC-130 - Role The AC-130 is flown byUSAF Special Operations, mostly in the close air support role. Other roles...
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The U.S. Air Force's new AC-130J Ghostriders have been flying combat missions in Afghanistan since June 2019. The gunships took over from AC-130U Spooky IIs that had been supporting U.S. and coalition special operations forces and their Afghan partners i
The AC-130J is the fourth and latest version of the gunship series sometimes nicknamed the “Angel of Death” for its withering amount of firepower. The aircraft first saw action during the Vietnam War. And the U.S. military frequently used AC-130s during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...
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The Air Force could add more firepower to its AC-130 gunships if tests with the Viper Strike guided bomb prove successful. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and Northrop Grumman, which designs and builds Viper Strike, are plan... ...
While destroying NVA trucks in Laos on the night of March 2, 1971, pilot Ed Holley’s 13-crew-member AC-130 gunship detected the launch of an SA-2 guided surface-to-air missile. As the SAM tracked the plane at a speed approaching Mach 3, with the aid of a crewman hanging off the...
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The U.S. Air Force's AC-130J Ghostrider took a stand against maritime aggression by sinking a fishing boat in the Philippines during Exercise Balikatan 2024.