ac-130 spectre

An AC-130 Spectre from the 16th Special Operations Squadron flies a training mission at Cannon Air Force Base, N. M. (Master Sgt. Jack Braden/Air Force). Adversaries in Syria are attempting to use aggressive electronic warfare capabilities to disable AC-130 gunships, the head of U.S. Special Operations ...

"Any Grim, any Nail, this is Mako 30," Chapman said over the radio, reciting callsigns for AC-130 Spectre Gunships overhead. "We've just had a crash-landing and need some perimeter security." Afterwards, Chapman "directed the gunship to begin the search for the missing team member. He requested ...

“Any Grim, any Nail, this is Mako 30,” Chapman said over the radio, reciting callsigns for AC-130 Spectre Gunships overhead. “We've just had a crash-landing and need some perimeter security.” Afterwards, Chapman “directed the gunship to begin the search for the missing team member. He requested ...

It is large, slow and vulnerable to air defense systems including increasingly effective man-portable SAMs. It can also deliver withering fire support with an impressive degree of accuracy and an ever-expanding variety of munitions if the battlespace is permissive enough. It's the AC-130 Spectre gunship.