Helicopter gunships serve in both roles ... are capable of carrying Hellfire anti-tank guided missiles as well. Special forces outfits have different armaments for their operational needs.

U.S. Special ... older gunships: the AC-130H Spectre, AC-130W Stinger II and AC-130U Spooky. It now plans end the decade-long acquisition program at 30 aircraft. (Hannah Carranza/Air Force ...

The Ukrainian military said it fired rockets from US-provided HIMARS launchers to take out four helicopters in Russia.

U.S. Special Operations Command had planned to buy nearly 40 Ghostriders to replace older gunships: the AC-130H ... including the Air Force’s move to shrink its combat search-and-rescue helicopter ...

Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC ... The AC-130 Spectre is the gunship variant of the Hercules, i.e. the version tasked with blowing stuff up. The Spectre first started blowing stuff ...

Special operators are upgrading nearly every aspect of their helicopter fleet as they await the Army’s newest addition to the rotary wing section. From the MH-6 ...

Ukrainian soldiers reportedly shot down a massive Russian helicopter gunship, sending it crashing into a field in a ball of flames. The images were obtained from the Land Forces of the Armed ...

On Saturday, a Chinook helicopter assigned to the RAF’s No. 7 Squadron special forces unit flew from its home base, RAF Odiham, and landed at the Special Boat Service base in Poole on the ...

A screengrab from a video published by Ukraine's special operations forces, claiming to show missile strikes on four Russian helicopters in Belgorod, Russia. A screengrab from a video published by ...