The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed, long-endurance, ground-attack variant of the C-130 Hercules transport, fixed-wing aircraft. It carries a wide array of ground-attack weapons that are in
An AC-130J gunship from the 4th Special Operations Squadron
AC-130H Spectre near Hurlburt Field, Florida, in 1988
AC-130U armed with two 30 mm Bushmasters, 2007
Underside of an AC-130U Spooky
The United States Air Force is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is a part of the United States Department of Defense and is one of the six armed forces and one of the eight
Lockheed AC-130
…manufactured by Lockheed Martin, while Boeing is responsible for the conversion into a gunship and for aircraft support. Its sole operator has been the United States Air Force, which currently uses the AC-130J Ghostrider. Developed during the Vietnam War as "Project Gunship II", the AC-130 replaced the Douglas AC-47 Spooky…
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