The U.S. Air Force plans to test an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship equipped with an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar. Adding an AESA would give these aircraft a valuable tool for spotting, ...
The current fixed armament configuration of the AC-130J includes a 30mm GAU-23/A Bushmaster automatic cannon and a 105mm howitzer, both firing out the left side of the fuselage. There are no plans to ...
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 ...
Plenty of U.S. combat aircraft strike fear into adversaries on the ground. Those include such warbirds as the A-10 Thunderbolt II, the B-52 Stratofortress, and of course the F-35 Lightning II. All can ...
A military warplane nicknamed the "Angel of Death" will swoop over the Indiana skies later this month to unleash "controlled fury," officials said. Don't be alarmed though. It's all part of an aerial ...
During the world’s largest naval exercise, a single aircraft demonstrated why it remains one of the most feared weapons in modern warfare. At RIMPAC 2024, the AC-130J Ghostrider encircled and ...
There aren't a lot of reasons why I wouldn't be mad to sit in traffic. If I had to throw a list together, though, I'd say waiting for a U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship to land on the pavement ahead of ...
A release of a presolicitation notice on Oct. 6 means U.S. Special Operations Command is tidying up details of a planned demonstration for a 60-kW higher energy laser on a Lockheed Martin AC-130J ...
Say what you want about air shows, but where else do you get to see airplanes from entirely different eras flying together? Heritage flights is how they call these amazing get-togethers, and later ...
The U.S. Air Force AC-130J Ghostrider gunships are a constant presence in the CENTCOM AOR (Area Of Responsibility). The picture in this post shows an AC-130J Ghostrider being refueled at night by a ...