Modifications to Air Force Special Operations Command's (AFSOC) fleet of AC-130 gunships means that even if a planned August test of the new Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL) system aboard an AC-130J ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The schedule for long-planned flight testing of an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship with a laser directed energy weapon has slipped ...

The AC-130 gunship series dates back to the Vietnam War era One of the most notable armaments of Ghostrider is its 105mm howitzer, which is typically seen on ground artillery platforms Outside of the ...

A series of photos from a recent event at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico show a few glimpses of the U.S. Air Force AC-130J Ghostrider, a powerful gunship... For nearly 60 years, the many ...

For more than 60 years, the AC-130 gunship has delivered unmatched firepower from the skies, evolving from its Vietnam War origins into one of America’s most feared battlefield aircraft. Armed with ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque is no stranger to seeing planes take to the sky and the newest, AC-130J Ghostrider model of the U.S. Air Force’s AC-130 gunship is no ...

From the deserts of Iraq to today’s Special Operations exercises, the AC-130 gunship has defined American close air support for more than six decades. During the Gulf War, one Spectre stayed over ...

US Air Force special operators took their AC-130J to Australia for an exercise in July. It's the first time the AC-130 has been to Australia since the gunship was introduced in the 1960s. The AC-130 ...

An unknown number of terrorists were killed in Iraq Tuesday after they fired on U.S. troops in the western portion of the country and were met with return fire by a U.S. military AC-130 gunship. U.S.

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 ...