Since the mid-1960s, AC-130 gunships have provided close air support for troops all over the world. The AC-130's utility and effectiveness created a dynasty that's now on its sixth version. "The sheer ...
Here’s What You Need To Remember: The AC-130 has proven invaluable in small wars against lightly defended targets in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as supporting special operations. Which suggests that ...
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Air Force Reserve’s 919th SOW Returns to Gunship Mission with First Flight of AC-130J Ghostrider
The 919th Special Operations Wing flew the AC-130A Spectre for 20 years, before transitioning to non-gunship aircraft, and will now operate the new ...
Veterans Bill Walter and PJ Cook discuss their the US Air Force service on the unique Spectre AC-130 gunship.Oct. 22, 2016 © 2025 NBCUniversal Media, LLC ...
WASHINGTON — The days of the AC-130J Ghostrider’s hefty 105mm cannon may be numbered. U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command confirmed to Defense News it is considering removing this howitzer-sized ...
Key point: Moscow has seen what America’s AC-130 gunships can do and they want to replicate the Air Force’s success. Call it the “Spookovik.” Russia wants to make its own version of America’s ...
We want to bridge divides to reach everyone. FAMILIAR BUZZ, POP: When news broke of the deployment of AC-130 Specter gunships over Kandahar, correspondent Scott Peterson had an idea of what people ...
Goodrich is to supply a short-wave infrared (SWIR) sensor for a US Air Force demonstration of a small recoverable unmanned air vehicle to be air launched from a Lockheed Martin AC-130 Spectre ...
Some say it’s the deadliest aircraft in the U.S. Air Force, as the AC-130 Spectre is a heavily armed plane with firing ports for an array of cannons, howitzers and Gatling guns. A converted cargo ship ...
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