On Jan. 16, the 16th Special Operations Squadron conducted its final mission with the AC-130H gunship at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. To celebrate the retirement of the Spectre, whose ...

It is no secret that the AC-130 fleet is changing. Once defined by their bristling cannons, the new breed of AC-130s are all about guided bombs and a slew of smart weapons, with just a single, direct ...

— -- The AC-130 gunship's primary missions are close air support, air interdiction and force protection. These heavily armed aircraft incorporate side-firing weapons integrated with sophisticated ...

U.S. Special Operations Command originally planned to buy 37 AC-130J Ghostriders to replace three older gunships: the AC-130H Spectre, AC-130W Stinger II and AC-130U Spooky. It now plans end the ...

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 ...

The United States was sending B-52 bombers, AC-130 gunships and fighter jets into Afghanistan Saturday to turn back dramatic recent advances by the Taliban. The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers, the ...