They conducted raids on Libyan dictator Moammar Qaddafi's forces during the civil war there in 2011. They supported ground troops during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, as well as in subsequent clashes, such as the battles of Fallujah.
They rained down fire on the Taliban and al-Qaida during the early days of the Afghanistan war, and fought in many more battles there over the years. But despite drawing a fraction of the attention, the AC-130 and all its variants have been workhorses of the past 15 years of war. troops on the ground and delivering withering firepower that will send enemies running for the hills.Īircraft such as the F-35 and A-10 may be the focus of headlines, arguments on Capitol Hill between brass and lawmakers, and viral videos pulsing with hard rock. When it hits the battlefield in a few short years, the Ghostrider will be the most heavily armed gunship in history – a badass plane providing close-air support to U.S. Some day in the future, the Ghostrider could even be equipped with a high-energy laser. The AC-130J Ghostrider is set to be the most heavily-armed gunship in history, bristling with 30mm and 105mm cannons, AGM-176A Griffin missiles, and the ability to carry Hellfire missiles and GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs. No one was injured.HURLBURT FIELD, FLORIDA – In the not-too-distant future, when ground troops call for close-air support, the ‘Ghostrider’ and its deadly arsenal could come to their rescue. Recovery was at 10,000 feet, and it was flown safely back to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The plane was flying at 15,000 feet when the mishap occurred. “The aircraft exceeded the targeted angle of sideslip until it departed controlled flight and momentarily inverted before being recovered after losing approximately 5,000 feet of altitude,” according to a statement from Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
If you’ve seen those scary jetliner landing videos, the pilots are often executing a sideslip.
The maneuver is often used when planes are landing in a crosswind or when there is a need to lose altitude quickly. A “sideslip” is a maneuver in which the pilot slightly lowers a wing and applies opposite rudder to enable the plane to lose altitude fairly quickly. On April 21, the four-engine gunship was on a test flight over the Gulf of Mexico performing a “steady heading sideslip,” according to an Air Force release. An AC-130J Ghostrider taxis to a runway at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
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