First AC-130W Retires - 2020 - The internet's #1 C-130 resource
Posted October 29, 2020. By Staff Sgt. Luke Kitterman, 27th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs / Published October 22, 2020. The 16th Aircraft Maintenance Unit said farewell to one of its AC-130W Stinger II gunships as it took its final flight from Cannon Oct. 19, 2020, before permanently retiring from air operations.
AC-130 Gunships Are Finally Getting A New 105mm Howitzer
Jan 24, 2022 · For example, the 30mm Bushmaster II cannons that the AC-130W and AC-130J gunships are also armed with are designated under this same system as GAU-23/As. An AC-130J Ghostrider gunship armed with the modified M102 howitzer, seen sticking of left side of the rear of the fuselage, among other weapons.
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AC-130W Stinger gets bombs - C-130 General - C-130 …
Nov 14, 2012 · Big article in this months Air Force Asso. mag about the AC-130W Stinger gunship getting 4 small diameter bombs under each wing(SDB) for a limited standoff precision strike capability. Also says they are testing Hellfire missles on the bird. Now THAT will be a kickbuttski gunship. The mag and art...
First Look At An AC-130J Ghostrider Gunship’s New 105mm Gun
Sep 1, 2022 · The Air Force subsequently changed course and decided to integrate the M102 onto the AC-130J and AC-130W. The new Navy-developed design will help ensure that the Air Force's gunships can continue to offer this kind of support for the foreseeable future.
C-130 News: A View to a Kill – AC-130 Gunship Style
May 21, 2015 · Man on a stand. Try this on for size. Anyone ever stood on a B1 stand and jumped the starter solenoid out until the engine lit off? I have and I done it in Vietnam on A/C 62-1855 with mortars hitting the ground. CW on aircraft 62-1855 Vietnam 1966-67 and yes I have orders assigning me to this air...
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C-130 News: AFSOC general returns to thank Robins maintainers; …
Feb 17, 2017 · As promised by the Air Force Special Operations Command vice commander, Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex C-130 sustainment workers were treated to a Feb. 9 tour inside an AC-130W gunship fully loaded with the latest modifications. Maj. Gen. Eugene Haase, AFSOC vice commander, and his crew brou...
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C-130 News: Cannon welcomes Hercules' power
Dec 4, 2017 · A C-130H Hercules aircraft arrived on the flightline of Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, on Nov. 29, 2017, with no intention of leaving. The plane is being absorbed into the 16th Special Operations Squadron’s repertoire to more easily manage pilot training proficiencies, in addition to other po...