After weeks of preparation, painting, and unexpected maintenance challenges, the CAF Gulf Coast Wing's AC-47 "Spooky" has departed Delta Air Lines Technical Operations in Atlanta with a freshly ...

The Air Force’s famous AC-130U “Spooky” gunship is on the verge of retirement with the heavily armed cargo plane returning on Monday from its last scheduled overseas mission. The Spooky is being ...

If some of the U.S. Air Force’s current aircraft are a rare sight, what about the retired warbirds that wrote history? It’s an honor to watch them conquer the sky once again, even if it is just to ...

An AC-130U Spooky Gunship from the 4th Special Operations Squadron jettisons flares over an area near Hurlburt Field, Florida, on August 20, 2008. (Air Force) The crew of an AC-130U Spooky gunship was ...

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 ...

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.

Brace yourselves: the Air Force’s newest gunship is officially on the prowl downrange. The AC-130J Ghostrider gunship flew its first combat mission in Afghanistan in late June, deploying to relieve ...

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 ...

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 ...

Russia wants to make its own version of America’s legendary AC-130 “Spooky” gunship. “An analogue of American AC-130 aircraft directly supporting ground forces on the AC-130 battlefield is being ...