We want to bridge divides to reach everyone. FAMILIAR BUZZ, POP: When news broke of the deployment of AC-130 Specter gunships over Kandahar, correspondent Scott Peterson had an idea of what people ...

Some say it’s the deadliest aircraft in the U.S. Air Force, as the AC-130 Spectre is a heavily armed plane with firing ports for an array of cannons, howitzers and Gatling guns. A converted cargo ship ...

The U.S. military operates many military transport aircraft, but one of the most impressive is the C-130 Hercules, which entered active service in 1954. The aircraft can transport everything from ...

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 ...

An AC-130 Spectre from the 16th Special Operations Squadron flies a training mission Aug. 11, 2010, at Cannon Air Force Base, N. M. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jack Braden).

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. — Its official name is the AC-130. Some call it simply the Big Gun. Packed with a unique combination of airborne firepower, it is one of the most fearsome warplanes. Just one look ...