Showing posts with label AC-130 gunship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AC-130 gunship. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Meet The 'Angel Of Death'
Hell in the sky: The AC-130 Hercules - aka 'Angel of Death' fires its deadly loadThe 'Angel Of Death': Special Forces' Latest Weapon Is Biggest Flying Howitzer In The World -- The Daily Mail
This is the ‘Angel of Death’, the world’s biggest flying artillery gun – and the latest weapon being used by British and US Special Forces to defeat Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.
Our exclusive picture shows the AC-130 Hercules aircraft unleashing its awesome firepower on the enemy 2,000ft below.
From a distance the plane – nicknamed the ‘Angel of Death’ because of the shape that its anti-missile flares take when they are fired – looks like a normal troop carrier.
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My Comment: This is what I call introducing firepower into a fight .... to the max.
Monday, March 16, 2009
New Gunship Could Get Fresh Start In 2010
Photo from FOX NewsFrom Aviation Week:
FT. WALTON BEACH, Fla. – U.S. Special Operations Command is proposing to start a new gunship in the fiscal 2010 budget, but it remains to be seen whether the tight fiscal environment will support a new program, according to Pentagon officials.
Keith Sanders, deputy director of air warfare for the Pentagon acquisition chief, says the gunship will be a more flexible system than today’s AC-130H/U aircraft. One requirement likely to emerge is to operate the gunship safely in an urban environment such as Baghdad.
Sanders and others spoke here March 10 at the Precision Strike Association’s Annual Review conference. President Barack Obama’s defense budget for next fiscal year is expected to be detailed by next month.
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My Comment: They don't have the money for a new plane, but it would be interesting to see what they can design as an alternative to the AC-130.
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