'Ghostrider' gunship upgrade gives Air Force Special Ops Command its 'most lethal aircraft'

The Washington Times ^ | March 11, 2019 | Douglas Ernst

[jazusamo]

The AC-130J Ghostrider was delivered to Air Force Special Operations Command on March 6, 2019,
in Crestview, Florid. (Image: U.S. Air Force, Senior Airman Caleb Pavao)

The AC-130J Ghostrider gunship is officially the “most lethal aircraft” in Air Force Special Operations Command’s inventory.

Close air support for America’s elite warriors dramatically improved this month when the improved gunship and its “Precision Strike Package” was unveiled Wednesday at Bob Skies Airport in Crestview, Florida.

Special Forces Operators were previously assisted by the Block 20 version.

“The AC-130J Block 30 is our most lethal aircraft in the AFSOC inventory...

[MrEdd]

Of course it is over. It was declared to be over during the Carter administration.

[jazusamo]

Good one. LOL!

[PGalt]

BUMP

[Rockingham]

More like Spooky’s highly evolved descendant.

[Blueflag]

https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/467756/ac-130j-ghostrider/

[CivilWarBrewing]

A-10’s big brother? I dig those props.. Sneaky quiet?

[opbuzz]

It can only shoot from one side though.

[jazusamo]

Thanks!

[Blue Highway]

preferably at our southern border.

[al baby]

Deploy it to the no go zones in the US

[Carriage Hill]

A customer and friend in the PANG, was Captain of a AC-130U 'Spooky' in Afghanistan, for 3 tours, and gave me the clip of 40mm shells and a 125mm Howitzer shell, plus his wing's pocket medallion. It was a formidable plane back them; bet it's a real ass-kicker now.

[Carriage Hill]

ERROR:

That’d be 105mm, not 125mm Howitzer.
I need to take a Prevagen.

[zeestephen]

Very cool.

However, hard to believe that a couple terrorists with shoulder fired SAMs can't put it face first into the dirt.

It's my understanding that USA troops now have line-of-sight missile aiming goggles that are impervious to normal missile defense systems.

In other words, the missile flies directly at the target the goggles are staring at, regardless of flares, chaff, or electronic counter-measures.

[jazusamo]

That was cool of him to give you those.

[Army Air Corps]

PING!

[Jim Noble]

The day of SpecOps is drawing to a close.

The theory is wrong.

If they can’t beat the Taliban, they can’t beat anybody. We need an army and a navy that can beat China in a stand up fight, so we don’t have to have one.

[Jim Noble]

Unless we start using it to defend the country, at the border, there is no use in spending the money for these weapons.

+1

[Carriage Hill]

My nursery/garden center/lscp contracting business did free design and installation for all returning service members, and since his family’s home was new, it was a breeze. He gave me those shells & PANG Medallion, which I still have, as a thank you.

Cap’n Scott and I used to go shooting together, before I got sick in 2017 w/ Acute-Severe Pancreatitis.

[Redcitizen]

“Spooky”?

No. Spookier.

[jazusamo]

My nursery/garden center/lscp contracting business did free design and installation for all returning service members

Congratulations my FRiend, what a wonderful thing to do for our returning service members.

Best wishes for a full recovery for your malady!