The AC-130 gunship's primary missions are close air support, air interdiction and force protection. Missions in close air support are troops in contact, convoy escort and urban operations. Air ...

Three AC-130J Ghostriders now haunt the night over the Strait of Hormuz, circling at altitude and unleashing precise, ...

The AC-130 gunship's primary missions are close air support, air interdiction and force protection. Missions in close air support are troops in contact, convoy escort and urban operations. Air ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since the mid-1960s, AC-130 gunships have provided close air support for troops all over the world. The AC-130's utility and ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON -- The slow-moving but deadly AC-130 gunship was chosen for the battle in Afghanistan because of its pinpoint accuracy and its psychological effect, a top general said yesterday. "The ...

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 ...

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 file photo of a U.S. AC-130H Spectre gunship dropping flares during a training mission. A jet of this kind was used in air strikes in Mogadishu, the first overt U.S. military intervention in Somalia ...