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 ...

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U.S. Special Operations Command has begun flight testing the Lockheed Martin AC-130J Ghostrider next-generation gunship. The aircraft was modified from a new-build MC-130J by Air Force Special ...

As the US Air Force AC-130J flies over South Korea’s towering apartment blocks, its powerful cameras can almost see inside windows on the highest floors. Aiming farther afield, the weapons officers on ...

The AC-130 “Spectre” gunship (also known as “Spooky”) is less of an airplane and more of a flying battleship. Heavily armored and armed to the hilt, this souped-up C-130 Hercules transport aircraft is ...

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 ...