February9, 2007: The U.S. Air Force has installed 30mm cannon in one of its AC-130 gunships, and is testing the new configuration for a few months before sending the first rearmed AC-130s off to war.

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- "That's the sound America makes when she's angry." That's how Col. Tom Palenske, commander of the 1st Special Operations Wing, characterized the AC-130 gunship after two ...

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 ...

The historic, lethal and combat-tested AC-130 gunship — known for attacking ISIS and Taliban fighters during close-air support high-risk combat missions — is getting a massive technological upgrade ...

— -- The AC-130 gunship's primary missions are close air support, air interdiction and force protection. These heavily armed aircraft incorporate side-firing weapons integrated with sophisticated ...

A bouquet of flowers stood in the bright sunshine atop a plaque at Hurlburt Field last Friday, where the 1st Special Operations Wing hosted a ceremony in remembrance of the largest single loss of life ...

During the Vietnam War, the United States Air Force's first gunship, the AC-47, was introduced. It was primarily created to be able to unleash steady, accurate, and constant streams of fire on ground ...

The AC-130 gunship is designed for precise attacks in urban areas while providing close support for ground forces, but it has been used in Afghanistan to aid special forces operations. It is a version ...

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-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 ...

WASHINGTON – The crew of an Air Force AC-130 gunship that mistakenly fired on friendly forces in Afghanistan last March, killing an American soldier, was plagued by equipment problems including flawed ...