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…
