AC-130 Gunship News
Engineers perfect software for Special Ops aircraft
Posted at: Thu Nov 5th, 2009ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- A C-130 gunship can lay down fearsome firepower in close support of ground operations, firing sensor-targeted ammo from 105mm and 40mm cannons while circling thousands of feet above combat area's. The gunship crews, however,...
Robins unit answers urgent call for AC-130 Gunship repair
Posted at: Tue Aug 18th, 2009
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- A Robins unit recently developed a prototype infrared suppression system for the AC-130 gunship. The 402nd Commodities Maintenance Group had an urgent requirement for the IRSS. Working from a design by S&...
US Airstrike in Somalia Targets al-Qaida Suspect
Posted at: Mon Mar 3rd, 2008
In Somalia, several dozen residents of Dobley town, near the Kenyan border, are reportedly trying to cross into Kenya following a U.S. military air strike that was aimed at terror suspects in the area. VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu has details from our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi.
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