Not anymore. New weapons and sensors are freeing the expanding Air Force gunship fleet to fly and fight in daytime, heralding far-reaching changes in U.S. air power. But how far-reaching depends ...

Here is how Tyler Rogoway at Foxtrot Alpha described the AC-130: The AC-130 flying gunship fleet is one of the most fabled and feared assets in the entire USAF inventory. Known for its ability to ...

The U.S. Air Force’s top special operations officer says he hopes to outfit his gunship fleet with new UAV sensors and high-energy lasers in the future. Meanwhile, in the near term, the program ...

the wings are literally falling off the USAF’s aging fleet of AC-130s. The Air Force thought about upgrading them to the new MC-27J Spartan multi-purpose gunship—but budget cuts nixed that idea.

$70 million contract to extend contractor logistics support to electro-optical infrared sensors installed on the branch’s AC-130 gunship fleet. The firm-fixed-price contract to CCC will include ...