The cool video in this post shows a US Air Force (USAF) aerial gunners operating a 30mm ATK GAU-23/A autocannon and…
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AC-130U Gunship Crew receives 14 Medals for 9-hour long CAS Mission over Afghanistan to allow rescue of 15 wounded soldiers
by Dario LeoneThe enemy was not able to get a single shot off at the MEDEVAC helicopters, due to the precise airpower strikes…
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Impressive Video shows AC-130J Ghostrider Gunship Simulating Airstrikes during Ex. Emerald Warrior 20-1
During Emerald Warrior 20-1 USAF Special Tactics operators worked with French JTACs to direct AC-130J Ghostrider simulated airstrikes at Grayling Range,…
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AC-130U gunship, tail number 513 was the last Spooky with its guns still installed and one of the very last to…
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The AC-130U Spooky is being replaced downrange by the AC-130J Ghostrider, the most lethal and innovative gunship in the world. The…
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USAF retires AC-130U that sank Iraqi patrol boat during Operation Iraqi Freedom
by Dario LeoneThe AC-130U had the honor of being “the first Air Force aircrew and aircraft to sink a maritime combat surface vessel…
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THE SPECTRE OVER THE HIGHWAY OF DEATH: THE AC-130 GUNSHIP IN ACTION DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM
by Dario LeoneThe stretch of road that Haddad and his crew had fired on quickly became known as the “Highway of Death” due to…
