Friday, August 12, 2022

FAAFO With This... AC-130J Ghostrider Gunship in Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

11 comments:

  1. Now if they would just mount a GAU8 in line with the nose they could think about retiring the warthog. Think about it only.

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  2. Does it come with pregnancy flight suits?
    Does it have a $500,000 toilet seat?
    The US Military is a waste of money, men and resources now that is has become the "rainbow farce".
    The world is not scared or intimidated any more.
    They LAUGH at US and deservedly so.
    The US "military" is a JOKE.

    Dismissed,
    Gunny

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    1. Note at the 7:22 mark the woman isn't strong enough to extract the round from the ready rack and needs the help of a man to do so ... But she's getting the same pay etc.

      Phil B

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  3. A guy I graduated HS with was in Vietnam when the first edition of this package was deployed. According to him, the troops called them Puff the Magic Dragon because they spit fire and laid waste to everything they targeted.

    Nemo

    P.S. Happiness is a belt fed with an unlimited ammo supply

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    1. Those weren't AC-130's. IIRC, they were C-47s with mini-guns (AC-47 "Spooky") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_AC-47_Spooky (C-47s were the military designation of the DC-3)

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  4. Here's the armament specs for the current version.

    https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/467756/ac-130j-ghostrider/

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  5. They had one of these fly over in a night fire exercise at Army ROTC Camp in 78. It was impressive watching it light up the hill in the target zone.

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  6. Documentary junky here. Troops on the ground loved it when they knew Puff/Spooky was overhead. Leadershit got a helicopter full of seals shot out of the sky when Spooky was not allowed to finish off some haji's.

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  7. ps It looks better from outside in the night sky.

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  8. Well, gee whiz. Every dimocrat's wet dream is using it on the rest of us. You had best figure out a way to counter it.

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