The US Air Force is gearing up for a conflict with well-armed adversaries. As a part of that, the military branch is rethinking what aircraft it has and how they're designed. One change the Air Force ...
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 ...
Summary and Key Points: In a historic first, the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) successfully landed an AC-130J Ghostrider Gunship on a highway in Arkansas during the Emerald Warrior ...
The Starlink and Starshield integration is intended to enable beyond-line-of-sight, or BLOS, satellite connectivity on the ...
U.S. Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH) posted the video of the AC-130J's Caribbean live-fire training, which was shot from another unknown aircraft using an infrared full-motion video camera ...
The 919th Special Operations Wing flew the AC-130A Spectre for 20 years, before transitioning to non-gunship aircraft, and will now operate the new AC-130J. The 919th Special Operations Wing (919th ...
An airman who flew as a crewmember on AC-130 gunships died in a shooting with a sheriff’s deputy at an apartment complex near Hurlburt Field Sunday, sources on the base and in Florida told Task & ...
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 ...
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 Air Force gunship unleashed its firepower on a warship during the multinational Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) military exercise last month. RIMPAC was held in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands ...
An American AC-130 gunship on Monday struck a vehicle in Iraq and killed Iranian-backed fighters who had targeted an air base used by U.S. forces with missiles and a drone, according to the Pentagon.