Articles
CNN
Profile: AC-130 Gunships - Short overview of
aircraft and its history.
4th
SOS AC-130U Spooky gunship - Air Force Article
AC-130
gunships pack plenty of punch - Air Force Article
AC-130U
Spooky gunship flys a training mission - Air
Force Article
"Special
Ops Seeks Aerial Gunners" - The Air Force
Special Operations Command is looking for people
interested in becoming aerial gunners on two of
the command's gunships. (Circa January, 1996)
AC-47
"Spooky"
Douglas
AC-47 "Spooky" Gunships - The Record
AC-47
"Spooky" Gunship - photo showing guns
on left side.
Photo
of AC-47 firing on a target in Vietnam.
AC-119
"Shadow" and "Stinger"
USAF
AC-119 Gunships - Definitive AC-119 site!
AC-119G
"Shadow" - Air Force Virtual Museum
AC-119K
"Stinger" - Air Force Virtual Museum
AC-119
Combat Tactics - Air Force Virtual Museum
AC-130
"Spectre"
Lockheed
AC-130A Gunship II PT I - Air Force Virtual
Museum
Lockheed
AC-130A Gunship II Pt II - Air Force Virtual
Museum
Lockheed
AC-130A Gunship II Pt III - Air Force Virtual
Museum
Lockheed
AC-130A Gunship II Pt IV - Air Force Virtual
Museum
Lockheed
AC-130A - Air Force Virtual Museum
AC130H
Gunship - The Ultimate Attack Plane
Lockheed
AC-130A "Spectre" Gunship - Plus,
a good sideshot
of the AC-130A armament.
Interior
photo of an AC-130 guncrew
loading the big 105.
Photos
of AC-130A fuselage... Front...Left
Forward...Parked
AC-130A-
The crew of this AC-130A "Spectre" gunship,
named Azrael--Angelof
Death, (Azrael, in the Koran, was the angel of death
who severed the soul from the body) displayed courage
and heroism during the closing hours of Desert Storm.
Aircraft number #54-1630.
AC-130H-
USAF Fact Sheet (Restricted access)
Gunship
Weapons
105mm
Cannon,M102 - This cannon was derived from the
Army field artillery M1A1 howitzerand was modified
to be fired from the left rear side door of the
AC-130 gunship aircraft.
7.62mm
Gatling guns on AC-130A
Dual
20mm
Cannon on AC-130
40mm
Cannonon AC-130
AN-M26
Parachute Flares
AC-130
Gunship Memorial Pages
Spirit
03
Jockey
14

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