Ballistic armament is featured along the port side of the fuselage - the aircraft circling its target below as if a hunting shark. Compared to earlier AC-130 marks, the J-model has a reduced operating weight with improved overall performance, broader weapons support, and range out to 3,000 ...
marks a shift in AFSOC’s gunship operations, as well. The Spooky IIs, which entered service in 1995, are the last of the Air Force’s old school AC-130 gunships with a five-barrel 25mmGAU-12/UGatling cannon, asingle-barrel 40mm Boforscannon, anda 105mm howitzeras their only ...