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 ...
For six decades, the AC-130 gunship has stood as the ultimate symbol of American military might, a monstrous aerial platform where raw power and surgical precision meet. Adorned with massive cannons ...
The Special Operations Command’s AC-130J Ghostrider gunship aircraft are set to test a truly ghostly new weapon: a phantasmal laser that can burn holes into targets from a distance without creating a ...
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 ...
Boeing has mounted a high-energy laser weapons system into the belly of a C-130 aircraft. Watch for aerial tests next year in New Mexico. Jon Skillings is an editorial director at CNET, where he's ...