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  2. 2011 Afghanistan Boeing Chinook shootdown - Wikipedia

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    Monitored and controlled by a Joint Terminal Attack Controller at Forward Operating Base Shank via a General Atomics MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle, all six were positively confirmed killed by the bomb strike and subsequent attacks by a Lockheed AC-130 gunship and two Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter gunships. [2] [37]

  3. Lockheed AC-130 - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Battle of Do Ab - Wikipedia

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    The troops returned fire while the two TACPs radioed for air support. Throughout the day, airstrikes by US Air Force F-16s, F-15s, and AC-130 gunships, US Navy Super Hornets, and US Army AH-64 Apaches and OH-58 Kiowas prevented the Taliban from overrunning the coalition forces. An MC-12 aircraft provided command and control support and relayed ...

  5. U.S. military expresses regret for bombing civilians in 'self ...

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    American forces called in airstrikes on civilian homes in Afghanistan after an operation to capture Taliban leaders spiraled out of control. U.S. military expresses regret for bombing civilians in ...

  6. List of accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed C-130 ...

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    The crew of 14 was lost. This was largest single loss of life by the U.S. Air Force during Operation Desert Storm, and the last loss of an AC-130 due to enemy fire to date. [108] September 2, 1991: L-100 c/n 4250, delivered December 1968 to National Aircraft Leasing, registered N9266R, leased the Interior Department, December 1968. Modified to ...

  7. Photos show Taliban fighters posing in the cockpit of an ...

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  8. Operation Anaconda - Wikipedia

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    The AC-130 was then directed to attack the large groupings of enemy combatants currently exposed on top of the mountain, one to three minutes before the Mako 30 was scheduled to arrive. When the Chinook dropped off the SEALs back on top of the mountain, they came under immediate fire, and Air Force combat controller Technical Sergeant John A ...

  9. PHOTOS: Taliban seize control of Kabul

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    The Taliban seized control of Kabul on Sunday after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country and its Western-trained security forces collapsed. On Monday, chaotic scenes unfolded at Kabul's ...