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The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed, long-endurance, ground-attack variant of the C-130 Hercules transport, fixed-wing aircraft. It carries a wide array of ground attack weapons that are integrated with sophisticated sensors, navigation, and fire-control systems. Unlike other modern military fixed-wing aircraft, the AC-130 relies on visual targeting. Because its large profile and low operating altitudes of approximately 7,000 feet (2,100 m) make it an easy target, its close air support missions are usually flown at night.

AC-130 Spectre Spooky (2152191923).jpg

1 posted on 06/12/2021 2:58:37 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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“No idea where this is...”

I have some ideas where it should be.😎


2 posted on 06/12/2021 3:06:06 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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A coworker of many years was a pilot of the original C-47 (?)Puff the Dragon.

They scared the crap out of me at the same time giving security.

If I had known what he told me back then, I would have frozen solid on the spot forevermore.

They aimed the damn things with a mark on the window and sighting over the end of the wing! Then fly in a fixed turn.NO COMPUTERS, NO RADAR, NO NOTHING!!!

He also said, they experimented with 155mm cannons!
That was difficult for me to believe... Today it is SOP.


3 posted on 06/12/2021 3:15:07 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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If it was Afghanistan, the C130s will soon be gone and the Taliban will still be there.
We didn’t learn from the Russian experience.


6 posted on 06/12/2021 3:32:17 PM PDT by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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AC-47 ‘Spooky’ | Birth of the gunship

https://youtu.be/xsI8XF1VQFQ


7 posted on 06/12/2021 3:33:24 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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Hi.

It was either ‘75 or 76 I saw a live fire exercise at Ft. Riley KS. (Big Red One). I think the AC 130 was called Specter or Puff the Magic Dragon?

Very entertaining if you’re not the one at ground zero.

5.56mm


8 posted on 06/12/2021 3:37:29 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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Finally.. something worth reading. I worked on C130 weapon systems for several years. Awesome multi- mission aircraft.


12 posted on 06/12/2021 3:53:03 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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Death from above! ‘You can run but you’ll only die tired...’

This has been around for a while. Always wondered why all the mosques are off limits. They should have leveled every single one of them!


14 posted on 06/12/2021 3:59:10 PM PDT by snuffy smiff (Vsetko Umiera! Build the Wall and build it tall, then build a gallows and hang them ALL!)
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Joseph Stolen will be using them on us someday soon.


15 posted on 06/12/2021 4:02:22 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Lefties call anything they can use to subjugate other people "science.")
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AC-130 crews wear G Suits...

to prevent 4 hour erections :)

16 posted on 06/12/2021 4:07:58 PM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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Very old video - looks like a copy of the original which is much clearer.

Today’s AC-130J Ghostriders Block 20 (Air Force Special Operations Command) come equipped with:
The AC-130J is fitted with an AN/ALR-56M radar warning receiver, AN/AAR-47 (V) 2 missile warning system, and AN/ALE-47 countermeasures dispensing system for reduced susceptibility ...

the modular Precision Strike Package (PSP) for the aircraft. The armament kits under the PSP include a 30mm GAU-23 automatic side firing chain gun, a 105mm cannon, and Standoff Precision Guided Munitions (SOPGM) comprising wing-mounted GBU-39 small diameter bombs and AGM-176 Griffin laser-guided missiles. The internally mounted missiles can be launched through the rear cargo door.

The intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance equipment under the PSP include two electro-optical/infrared sensors, an all-weather synthetic aperture radar pod, a pilot helmet-mounted cueing system, and multiple video, data and communication links.

Some variants have a laser-like pod of unknown capabilities


17 posted on 06/12/2021 4:23:11 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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18 posted on 06/12/2021 4:25:24 PM PDT by PROCON (Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
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"or when this was filmed....."

I remember it from when jorge busho was Traitor In Chief.

21 posted on 06/12/2021 4:59:54 PM PDT by LouAvul (Lying headlines from fake news articles written by pimps masquerading as journalists.)
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Afraid to blow up a mosque? That would be a perfect location for a weapons depot or fire base. Like they would have any problem attacking a church? No wonder we lost.


31 posted on 06/12/2021 8:41:07 PM PDT by brianr10
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Another one bites the dust is 12 years old, but I like the way the poster coordinated the song with the video. I watch it every so often when everything seems to be going into the tank. Besides the lyrics/song are neat - memories of Saturday afternoon Westerns.
35 posted on 06/13/2021 8:00:29 AM PDT by Oatka
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