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 ...

Aircrew assigned to the 492 Special Operations Wing (SOW) conducts a live-fire exercise aboard an AC-130J Ghostrider Gunship ...

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 ...

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 & ...

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 ...

AN AIR BASE IN IRAQ — The U.S. Air Force has begun moving heavily armed AC-130 airplanes — the lethal "flying gunships" of the Vietnam War — to a base in Iraq as commanders search for new tools to ...

US defence technology firm Leidos is preparing launch tests for a new cruise missile it says will offer an affordable option for long-range strikes. Notably, the new munition – dubbed Black Arrow – ...

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.