AC-130 Spectre (Part 1)

The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily-armed ground-attack aircraft. The basic airframe is manufactured by Lockheed, and Boeing is responsible for the conversion into a gunship and for aircraft support.[1] It is a variant of the C-130 Hercules transport plane. The AC-130A Gunship II superseded the AC-47 Gunship I in Vietnam.

The gunship's sole user is the United States Air Force, which uses AC-130H Spectre and AC-130U Spooky variants. The AC-130 is powered by four turboprops and has an armament ranging from 20 mm Gatling guns to 105 mm howitzers. It has a standard crew of twelve or thirteen Airmen, including five officers (two pilots, a navigator, an electronic warfare officer and a fire control officer) and enlisted personnel (flight engineer, electronics operators and aerial gunners).

The US Air Force uses the AC-130 gunships for close air support, air interdiction, and force protection. Close air support roles include supporting ground troops, escorting convoys, and flying urban operations. Air interdiction missions are conducted against planned targets and targets of opportunity. Force protection missions include defending air bases and other facilities. Stationed at Hurlburt Field in Northwest Florida, the gunship squadrons are part of the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), a component of United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM).

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• Vietnam
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• ground-attack
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• US
• Army
• USAF
• Marine
• SOCOM
• 22mm
• C-130
• Hercules

[Wexfyf]

I hate it when people only know the ac 130 from cod.

[alfonsomares]

thumbs up if u think people saw the ac130 on mw2

[RevolutionRebellion]

So this is what the Marine Corps is doing with their KC-130J Harvest Hawk...Wish I could find more vids on the USMC Harvest Hawk mission.

[DJCAPONE124]

@tanklike440 after someone locks on to it with a rocket,the ac130 dettects the threat and pops the flares,wich the rocket will confuze as the aircraft and go for the flares rather than the plane.this thing is a bitch to shoot down

[daxazzbg]

dear santa...

[Tanklike440]

Yeah AC-130 only good against savages in Afghanistan and Vietnam where people dont have shit to defend them selfs, put that bird against well trained soldiers from other powerful countries maybe like Russia and that bird will be able to do only one shot and after that it will be shot down

[HerrMoppel]

@Anothereviewer

The use of AC-130 in Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, Iraq, Somalia, and Afghanistan was not a mistake, IT WAS A WAR CRIME. The US-american soldiers are professional killers, trained to shoot at helpless civilians.

watch?v=7AXN3H3BPQU

watch?v=wgNInWQI-qU

watch?v=Xv_5QCrC28U

The concept of AC-130 corresponds to the same CRIMINAL IDEOLOGY.

[Anothereviewer]

@HerrMoppel im not justifying anything i'm just saying that mistakes happen you need to realize that not everyone is some sick minded fuck like what your saying I just find it disrespectful when I have family who served. And don't talk shit bout them cuz my uncle was a medic.

[HerrMoppel]

@Anothereviewer

Watch the video above. The AC-130 gunship was used in Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, Iraq, Somalia, and Afghanistan to kill helpless civilians, since IT CAN NOT BE USED AGAINST A WELL-ARMED ARMY. You can not justify the mass murder of civilians all over the world by 9/11 attack. The casualties among civilians ARE INTENSIONAL

watch?v=7AXN3H3BPQU

watch?v=wgNInWQI-qU

watch?v=Xv_5QCrC28U

[Anothereviewer]

@HerrMoppel Yeah and it's ok for terrorist to bomb innocent people. And don't even give me that crap that 9/11 was an inside job cause that says your fucking stupid al queda has tried it once before 9/11, they bombed russian train stations. What you dont seem to realize is that ac 130 dont go gunning for civillians they try there best to lower civillian casualties. It's war sometimes shit happens, mistakes happen, poor intel, all of civillian casualties are accidental it's not intentional Fag.

[masterww3ww3]

@Cientanni

who says that it should be realistic ?

[BountyHunters187]

I think the Ac-130 would be perfect for the Turkishairforce against the Pkkfighters