a USAF AC-130 Gunship pictured in flight. DoD photo by: TECH. SGT. LEE SCHADING USAF AC-130U Spooky gunships assigned to the 4th Special Operations Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Barry Loo/Released AC-130 Spectre Resources ...
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...
We slaughtered ’em. As that night’s first AC-130 Spectre gunship intoLaos, we found trucks everywhere. In less than three hours we destroyed 21 and wrecked 15. Inside a booth in the gunship’s belly, we sensor operators felt as if we had been given free passes to a shooting gallery....