with Lockheed Martin receiving a contract in January 2019 to support the integration and demonstration of the AHEL on an AC-130J. The defense giant delivered the system to the Air Force in 2021.

WASHINGTON — The days of the AC-130J Ghostrider’s hefty 105mm cannon may be numbered. U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command confirmed to Defense News it is considering removing this ...

A long-anticipated high-energy laser weapon will no longer be an option for Air Force special operations gunships after "technical challenges" forced leaders to scrap at least one idea for its use.

As the US Air Force AC-130J flies over South Korea’s towering apartment blocks, its powerful cameras can almost see inside windows on the highest floors. Aiming farther afield, the weapons ...

according to Air Force Global Strike Command. The only bomber missing was B-21 Raider, while the lone absent fighter jet was the F-35A Lightning II. The AC-130J Ghostrider gunship was also not ...

The U.S. Air Force’s AC-130 gunship will keep its trademark 105 mm gun for the time being. A unique aircraft in many ways, the AC-130 is essentially a big gun platform that loiters over the ...

US Air Force special operators took their AC-130J to Australia for an exercise in July. It's the first time the AC-130 has been to Australia since the gunship was introduced in the 1960s.

Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC ... and the U-2 Dragon Lady). The AC-130 Spectre is the gunship variant of the Hercules, i.e. the version tasked with blowing stuff up.

Staff Sgt. Andrew English inspects a 105mm cannon on an AC-130J Ghostrider at Hurlburt Field, Fla., on Oct. 31, 2023. (Airman 1st Class Bailey Wyman/U.S Air Force) WASHINGTON — The days of the ...