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Title: AC-130 Gunship Mission
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URL Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-gMMQTt5-c
Published: Aug 18, 2010
Author: AIRBOYD
Post Date: 2019-08-18 20:58:06 by BTP Holdings
Keywords: None
Views: 508
Comments: 2

AC-130 Gunship Footage

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed...
The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily-armed ground-attack aircraft. The basic airframe is manufactured by Lockheed, and Boeing is responsible for the conversion into a gunship and for aircraft support. It is a variant of the C-130 Hercules transport plane. The AC-130A Gunship II superseded the AC-47 Gunship I in the Vietnam War.

The gunship's sole user is the United States Air Force, which uses AC-130H Spectre and AC-130U Spooky variants. The AC-130 is powered by four Rolls-Royce T56-A-15 turboprops and has an armament ranging from 20 mm Gatling guns to 105 mm howitzers. It has a standard crew of twelve or thirteen airmen, including five officers (two pilots, a navigator, an electronic warfare officer and a fire control officer) and enlisted personnel (flight engineer, electronics operators, and aerial gunners).

The US Air Force uses the AC-130 gunships for close air support, air interdiction, and force protection. Close air support roles include supporting ground troops, escorting convoys, and flying urban operations. Air interdiction missions are conducted against planned targets and targets of opportunity. Force protection missions include defending air bases and other facilities. Currently, AC-130U Spooky model gunships are stationed at Hurlburt Field in Northwest Florida and the AC-130H models are stationed at Cannon AFB, New Mexico. The gunship squadrons are part of the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), a component of United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM).


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#1. To: BTP Holdings (#0)

Not a good choice of assignment in Air Force.

Cynicom  posted on  2019-08-19   1:09:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Cynicom (#1)

I could imagine.

But then you recall the movie The Green Berets starring John Wayne? After the base camp was over run by the NVA, he radioed The AC-130 and said, "We don't have it. Those people do."

The AC-130 opened up with its Gatling gun and put one round every square foot. ;)

www.americanspecialops.com/usaf-special-operations/aircraft/ac-130/

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2019-08-19   1:30:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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