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 ...

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 ...

On leaving the helicopter, an inserted force usually first establishes ... particularly for special operations raids, manned gunships can detect potential threats through a range of sensors ...

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 ...

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE ... Special Operations Command to Air Education and Training Command. So while those aircraft are here, they’ll be purely trainers,” Lt. Col. Barringer said. The first ...