{"id":133486,"date":"2024-09-26T01:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/modernizing-usaf-ac-130-gunship\/"},"modified":"2024-09-26T01:00:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T15:00:12","slug":"modernizing-the-ac-130-gunship-how-the-usaf-keeps-this-iconic-aircraft-combat-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=133486","title":{"rendered":"Modernizing The AC-130 Gunship How The USAF Keeps This Iconic Aircraft Combat-Ready"},"content":{"rendered":"

Other than perhaps a carpet-bombing strike by a B-52 Stratofortress <\/a>(AKA the “BUFF”) bomber, no other conventional weapons system in the US Armed Forces arsenal symbolizes “Death From Above” for America’s adversaries quite like the US Air Force’s <\/a>AC-130 fixed-wing gunship. It is the gun-toting iteration of the classic Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules<\/a> transport planeAKA “Spectre,” “Spooky,” “Stinger II,” or “Ghostrider” (depending upon the specific variant).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The AC-130 Gunship is known as Death From Above for America’s enemies. Ever-developing technologies help preserve the warbird’s edge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,397,6067,3214,627,1328],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-analysis","category-c-130","category-guns","category-lockheed-martin","category-united-states-air-force"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t