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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...
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    development Lockheed C-130 Hercules Lockheed AC-130 Lockheed DC-130 Lockheed EC-130 Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call Lockheed HC-130 Lockheed L-100 Hercules...
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    development Lockheed C-130 Hercules Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules Lockheed AC-130 Lockheed EC-130 Lockheed HC-130 Lockheed LC-130 Lockheed MC-130 Lockheed...
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    Lockheed C-130 Hercules Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules Lockheed AC-130 Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call Lockheed HC-130 Lockheed MC-130 Lockheed WC-130...
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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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    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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    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. Lockheed AC-130 Lockheed DC-130 Lockheed EC-130 Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call Lockheed HC-130 Lockheed Martin KC-130 Lockheed LC-130 Lockheed...
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    The Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. The C-130J is a comprehensive update of the Lockheed C-130...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    C-130 Hercules C-130J Super Hercules AC-130 Spectre/Spooky Lockheed DC-130 Lockheed EC-130 Lockheed HC-130 Lockheed LC-130 Lockheed MC-130 Lockheed WC-130...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    2024-02-23. "A-1E Skyraider". Hurlburt Field. Retrieved 23 February 2024. "AC-47 Spooky". Hurlburt Field. Retrieved 2024-03-05. "Gunship I: Spooky". National...
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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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    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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    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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    other platforms following on from the AC-47, including the Fairchild AC-119 and the Lockheed AC-130. The AC-130 has had a particularly lengthy service...
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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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    positively confirmed killed by the bomb strike and subsequent attacks by a Lockheed AC-130 gunship and two Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter gunships. On 10 August...
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    abandoned again on 6 April 1971. On 27 January 1972 a U.S. Air Force Lockheed AC-130 gunship was shot down by a PAVN SA-2 missile over the base. In March...
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