AC-130 Gunships Pack Awesome FirepowerROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer
You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Intense Action Inside The AC-130 Gunship Watch onA U.S. Air Force video offers a rare glimpse inside an AC-130 "Spooky II" gunship during a live-fire ...
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...
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...
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
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...
The AC-130J, based on the C-130J Super Hercules, is the latest in a long line of transport aircraft converted into gunships that goes as far back as the Vietnam War. The Air Force operates 37 of them at this time, each armed with a 30-milimeter side-firing chain...
AC-130 could carry guided bombs 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......
To the men and women of the Osean Army, this radio call may be the very difference between life and death on the battlefield. The AC-130J “Mad Knight”, belonging to the Osean Air Defense Force’s 1st Special Operations Wing, is one of the dozens of gunships that have been the ang...
Working hard to support these forces are AC-130 gunships and crews. They fly every night in Iraq but rarely identify a single insurgent due to the inefficient manner in which they are requested by the Army and employed by the Air Force. This article shows how a simple yet fundamental ...