No matter the variant, the AC-130 is jam-packed with the sort of weaponry one would expect to find on a “gunship.” The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is somewhat pedestrian as far as military aircraft goes—a ...
During the Vietnam War, the United States Air Force's first gunship, the AC-47, was introduced. It was primarily created to be able to unleash steady, accurate, and constant streams of fire on ground ...
A series of photos from a recent event at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico show a few glimpses of the U.S. Air Force AC-130J Ghostrider, a powerful gunship... For nearly 60 years, the many ...
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The Secret of the AC-130: Why its Pilots Fly With a Howitzer... at Night
The AC-130 "Ghostrider" is the only aircraft in the world to carry a massive 105mm artillery piece—a howitzer—into the sky. It's a cargo plane... firing a tank shell. But why would the US Air Force ...
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