Planned flight testing of a high-energy laser directed energy weapon on a U.S. Air Force AC-130J Ghostrider gunship has been pushed back again to next year. This once looked set to be the service's ...

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 ...

No matter the variant, the AC-130 is jam-packed with the sort of weaponry one would expect to find on a “gunship.” The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is somewhat pedestrian as far as military aircraft goes—a ...

The AC-130 is America’s most feared gunship, designed to dominate the battlefield with overwhelming firepower. Operated by the U.S. Air Force, this heavily armed aircraft combines precision, endurance ...

The AC-130J Ghostrider ground-attack aircraft has picked up several different unofficial moinikers in the five years the Air Force Special Operations Command maniacs at Hurlburt Field have spent ...

Key point: Moscow has seen what America’s AC-130 gunships can do and they want to replicate the Air Force’s success. Call it the “Spookovik.” Russia wants to make its own version of America’s ...

The U.S. military operates many military transport aircraft, but one of the most impressive is the C-130 Hercules, which entered active service in 1954. The aircraft can transport everything from ...

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 ...

If it weren't for the AC-130 gunship, the hell-raising, special operationsaircraft that often circles overhead when troops descend into a grisly conflict, more American or partner forces' lives could ...