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...
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The Lockheed Martin (previously Lockheed) KC-130 is a family of the extended-range tanker version of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. The KC-130J...
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The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable...
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The Lockheed MC-130 is the basic designation for a family of special mission aircraft operated by the United States Air Force Special Operations Command...
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C-130 Hercules C-130J Super Hercules List of C-130 Hercules crashes AC-130 Spectre/Spooky Lockheed DC-130 Lockheed EC-130 Lockheed HC-130 Lockheed MC-130...
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update of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, with new engines, flight deck, and other systems. The C-130J is the newest version of the C-130 Hercules, and the...
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attack jets such as the AV-8B Harrier II, airborne gunships such as the Lockheed AC-130, and land-based fighting vehicles. A lighter four-barrel version, designated...
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DC-3 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Fairchild AC-119 Lockheed AC-130 Related lists List of attack aircraft List of military aircraft...
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the Vietnam War. They replaced the Douglas AC-47 Spooky and operated alongside the early versions of the AC-130 Spectre gunship. By late 1967, the idea of...
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initially intended for use from UAVs, and it was also integrated with the Lockheed AC-130 gunship, giving that aircraft a precision stand-off capability. The...
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versions of the AC-130 Spectre gunship. It was the later and larger Lockheed AC-130 Gunship II that became the modern, post–World War II origin of the...
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"RA-5C Vigilante". National Naval Aviation Museum. Retrieved 9 October 2024. "AC-47 Spooky". Hurlburt Field. Retrieved 2024-03-05. "Gunship I: Spooky". National...
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system for combat aircraft. Pave Pronto – Lockheed AC-130 Spectre gunship program. Pave Spectre – Lockheed AC-130E gunships. Pave Spike – Westinghouse AN/ASQ-153\AN/AVQ-23...
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de Havilland Mosquito Henschel Hs 129 Junkers Ju 87 Junkers Ju 88 Lockheed AC-130 Messerschmitt Me 262 Mitsubishi Ki-67 North American B-25 Mitchell...
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After Martin's merger with Lockheed, the rotary cannon became the responsibility of Lockheed Martin Armament Systems. Lockheed Martin Armament Systems was...
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the Minigun was also used on the U.S. Air Force AC-47, AC-119 and Lockheed AC-130 gunships. The AC-47 was known during the Vietnam War as "Puff the Magic...
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Other famous gunship airplanes are the Douglas AC-47 Spooky, the Fairchild AC-119, and the Lockheed AC-130. The U.S. government had procured some 10,000...
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artillery prep was supplemented by air attacks by B-52 bombers and Lockheed AC-130 fixed wing gunships. 1st Infantry Division Apache helicopters and B-52...
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States Air Force's Lockheed AC-130 gunship. The M102 105 mm cannon was modified to be fired from the left rear side door of the AC-130. To accommodate the...
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side-firing Miniguns for circling attacks. It was the later and larger Lockheed AC-130 that became a notable gunship in US military aviation. These heavily...
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in Sunday newspapers Spooky, a variant of the Lockheed AC-130, employed in the Vietnam War Douglas AC-47 Spooky, used by the United States Air Force...
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Lockheed AC-130 gunships in the air-to-ground role. Between 2006 and 2012, there were plans to remove these and the 20 mm M61 Vulcans from newer AC-130U...
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COM". www.ruaviation.com. "Источник: аналог американской летающей батареи AC-130 разрабатывается в России". TASS. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019. Крецул...
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of aircraft like the Cessna A-37 Dragonfly, LTV A-7 Corsair II, and Lockheed AC-130 gunships. Today, airstrike terminology has extended to the concept...
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aircraft as the pilot circled the target. Later, the more advanced Lockheed AC-130 was used in the same way. Using this maneuver allowed gunners to fire...
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