Summary and Key Points: The Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules is one of the most iconic and versatile aircraft in the U.S. Air Force’s fleet. Developed in response to the Air... What You Need To Know: ...

The AC-130 family is slowly morphing from cannon shell spraying aerial gunships to arsenal ships packed with a wide array of guided munitions and direct fire systems, and soon they will be carrying ...

The Taliban has been seizing territory across Afghanistan as US-led forces withdraw. The US has sent B-52 bombers and Spectre gunships to stop the Taliban advance on three key cities. The move shows ...

FALLUJAH, Iraq – The skies over Fallujah are so crowded with U.S. military aircraft that they are layered in stacks above the city, from low-flying helicopters and swooping attack jets to a ...

The United States was sending B-52 bombers, AC-130 gunships and fighter jets into Afghanistan Saturday to turn back dramatic recent advances by the Taliban. The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers, the ...

The AC-130 — known as "Spectre" or the newer "Spooky" — is the modern version of the old "Puff the Magic Dragon" gunship that was flown in Vietnam. In essence, the turboprop-driven craft is a flying ...

Goodrich is to supply a short-wave infrared (SWIR) sensor for a US Air Force demonstration of a small recoverable unmanned air vehicle to be air launched from a Lockheed Martin AC-130 Spectre ...

EDMUND D. LUDWIG, with almost three decades of senior management experience at Optelecom, Inc., has served at various times as the company's Chief Technologist, Executive Vice President, President, ...

We honor the life and memory of a kind, loving, and thoughtful man. Born in Everett, WA to Helen and J.H. “Hank” Minkler, John graduated from Oregon State University. He joined the U.S. Air Force and ...

SEMPLE, Richard Gower, Sr. LtCol, USAF, Ret. Born March 30, 1934 to Caroline and Paul Semple, in Minneapolis, MN, Richard passed away in Spokane on February 25, 2013 after a long illness. He graduated ...

The US Air Force Battlelab and the US Defence Threat Reduction Agency are planning to demonstrate potential use of an expendable UAV in providing off-board sensing and targeting support for USAF ...

A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft operating out of Incirlik airbase in Turkey provided "devastating" close air support for U.S.-backed Syrian-Arab fighters in taking a town in northwestern Syria ...