Summary and Key Points: The AC-130 “Spectre” gunship, also known as “Spooky,” is a heavily armed aircraft born out of necessity during the Vietnam War to provide close-air support (CAS)... Here’s What ...

Picture a slow-moving turboprop aircraft circling at low altitude in the dead of night, invisible to the naked eye but staring down at the battlefield with crystal-clear infrared eyes. Without warning ...

For nearly 60 years, the many different variants of the AC-130 have supported special operations and conventional troops in almost every battlefield that the U.S. military has found itself in.

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 ...