Since the mid-1960s, AC-130 gunships have provided close air support for troops all over the world. The AC-130's utility and effectiveness created a dynasty that's now on its sixth version. "The sheer ...

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 ...

GUNSHIP SENSOR: Lockheed Martin has been picked to provide a new sensor system for the U.S. Air Force AC-130U gunship, the company announced Jan. 11. Boeing, the prime contractor for the AC-130U ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The AC-130 has proven invaluable in small wars against lightly defended targets in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as supporting special operations. Which suggests that ...

SUBIC BAY, Philippines — The U.S. Air Force hasn’t had this much gunship firepower in the Philippines since the Vietnam War, according to special operations airmen participating in this month’s ...

MULTISPECTRAL SENSOR: The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin an $80 million follow-on contract for the Gunship Multispectral Sensor System (GSM2), the electro-optical/infrared fire control ...

HURLBURT FIELD — The Air Force training unit for the AC-130J "Ghostrider" gunship is slated to be relocated from Hurlburt Field to Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico within the next couple of years ...