An AC-130U Spooky gunship named "Big Daddy" made history by being the first Spooky to ever receive a black letter initial on its status page before a flight. A black letter means the aircraft has no ...

When one brings into the spotlight the C-130 Hercules and its many variants, you know what generally follows is a talk about the plane’s lifting capabilities and its transport exploits. But there’s ...

The evolution of the gunship led to the AC-130 Spectre, which, in various versions, would utilize 7.62-caliber miniguns, a ...

U.S. Air Force aircraft assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing evacuate from Hurlburt Field, FL in advance of Hurricane ...

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — "Spooky" has made it home and is now at the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins. The Air Force AC-130 was built in Marietta and flew as a cargo hauler in the Vietnam War.

Key point: Moscow has seen what America’s AC-130 gunships can do and they want to replicate the Air Force’s success. Call it the “Spookovik.” Russia wants to make its own version of America’s ...

HURLBURT FIELD — The 14 crew members aboard “Spooky 41,” an AC-130U gunship operating in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province on April 3-4, 2019, were honored Monday morning with a medals ceremony at ...

The 14 crew members aboard "Spooky 41," an AC-130U gunship operating in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province last April, were honored this week with a medals ceremony at Hurlburt Field. "Hoo-ah, Spooky 41 ...

New details revealed at an award ceremony honoring Staff Sgt. Alaxey Germanovich show just how close the Special Tactics airman and his Army Special Forces teammates came to disaster during a 2017 ...