The crew provided Close Air Support and precision fire power to the U.S. land forces on the ground in Panama. The attack also involved a series of precision strikes by F-117A Nighthawks. Crews of ...
March 1, 2014: The U.S. Air Force is mothballing its last eight AC-130H gunships. Only 47 AC-130 gunships have been built, the first of them, the AC-130A, entering service in 1968. Some were upgraded ...
The Air Force’s complete inventory of eight AC-130H Spectre gunships are on active duty. These heavily armed aircraft feature side-firing weapons integrated with sophisticated sensor, navigation and ...