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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 integrated with sensors, navigation, and fire-control systems. Unlike other modern military fixed-wing aircraft, the AC-130 relies on visual targeting.
An AC-130 fires its flares off, 2007. The 16th also flew missions over Mazār-e Sharīf, Kunduz, Kandahar, Shkin, Asadabad, Bagram, Baghran, Tora Bora, and nearly every other part of Afghanistan. The squadron has participated in a number of operations within Afghanistan including Operations Full Throttle, Roll Tide, and Eagle Fury.
The AC-130 also holds the record for the longest sustained flight by a C-130. From 22 to 24 October 1997, two AC-130U gunships flew 36 hours nonstop from Hurlburt Field, Florida to Daegu International Airport, South Korea, being refueled seven times by KC-135 tanker aircraft. This record flight beat the previous record longest flight by over 10 ...
What is the AC-130J Ghostrider? In short? It's an absolute monster of a warplane. The AC-130J is a fifth-generation gunship, according to a fact sheet provided by the U.S. Air Force.This series of ...
C-130 aircraft depart in a minimum-interval takeoff at Dyess during a mass airdrop exercise, December 1988. Since 1961, various models of C-130 Hercules aircraft have been stationed at Dyess AFB. The C-130s were originally assigned to the 64th Troop Carrier Wing (TCW) and from 1963 to 1972, the 516th Troop Carrier Wing was the host C-130 wing.
AC-130H Spectre [8] AC-130W: 17th Special Operations Squadron: Kadena AB "Shadow" MC-130J Commando II [9] Inactivated in 2020 18th Special Operations Squadron: Phan Rang AB: AC-119K Stinger: 31 December 1972 19th Special Operations Squadron: Hurlburt Field: AC-130, MC-130, U-28A [10] 20th Special Operations Squadron: Cannon AFB "Green Hornets"
During a recent training exercise, the United States Air Force landed two C-130 aircraft, including the AC-130J Ghostrider, on a four-lane highway in Arkansas. Watch This USAF AC-130J Ghostrider ...
C-130 Hercules: Tactical airlift training. Was incorporated from the USAF Mobility Weapons School, 5 July 2006. 57th Weapons Squadron: McChord AFB, Washington 1 June 2003 C-17 Globemaster III: Strategic airlift training. Was incorporated from the USAF Mobility Weapons School, 5 July 2006. 77th Weapons Squadron: Dyess AFB, Texas 3 February 2003 ...