AC-130 gunship

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ground-attack aircraft gunship military aircraft

The AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed, long-endurance ground-attack variant of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft used by the U.S. Air Force for close air support, air interdiction, and force protection.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
AC-130 gunship canonical 10
AC-130 Spectre 2
Lockheed AC-130U Spooky 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ground-attack aircraft ⓘ
gunship ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
airframe Lockheed C-130 Hercules ⓘ
surface form: C-130 Hercules
armamentType cannon ⓘ
howitzer ⓘ
precision-guided munitions ⓘ
side-firing weapons ⓘ
attribute heavily armed ⓘ
long-endurance ⓘ
basedOn Lockheed C-130 Hercules ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crew large crew ⓘ
crewRole co-pilot ⓘ
fire control officer ⓘ
loadmaster ⓘ
navigator ⓘ
pilot ⓘ
sensor operator ⓘ
designedBy Lockheed Aircraft Company ⓘ
surface form: Lockheed (airframe)
designedFor loitering over target area ⓘ
precision fire support ⓘ
enteredServiceWith United States Air Force ⓘ
feature fire-control system ⓘ
infrared sensors ⓘ
low-light television ⓘ
sensor suite for target acquisition ⓘ
synthetic aperture radar ⓘ
flightProfile circles target in pylon turn ⓘ
operates at medium altitude ⓘ
modifiedBy Boeing (gunship conversion) ⓘ
nickname Ghostrider ⓘ
Spectre ⓘ
Spooky ⓘ
Stinger II ⓘ
surface form: Stinger

Stinger II ⓘ
operator United States Air Force ⓘ
powerplant turboprop engines ⓘ
primaryMission airborne fire support ⓘ
armed reconnaissance ⓘ
night close air support ⓘ
role air interdiction ⓘ
close air support ⓘ
force protection ⓘ
usedInConflict Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan
user Air Force Special Operations Command ⓘ
variantOf Lockheed C-130 Hercules ⓘ
surface form: C-130 Hercules

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hurlburt Field → hostsAircraftType → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
Cannon Air Force Base → hasAircraftType → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar → variant → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
this entity surface form: AC-119G Shadow
Allison T56 turboprop → usedIn → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
subject surface form: Allison T56
this entity surface form: Lockheed AC-130 gunship variants
Hercules → variant → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
subject surface form: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
Air Force Special Operations Command → usesAircraft → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
GAU-12 Equalizer 25 mm cannon → platform → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
subject surface form: GAU-12 Equalizer
this entity surface form: AC-130U Spooky gunship
M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon → usedOn → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
this entity surface form: AC-130 gunship (as part of armament variants)
Operation Commando Hunt → uses → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
this entity surface form: AC-130 gunships
Operation Barrel Roll → usedAircraft → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
this entity surface form: AC-130 Spectre
Operation Steel Tiger → aircraftUsed → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
1st Special Operations Wing → aircraftOperated → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
4th Special Operations Squadron → aircraftOperated → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lockheed AC-130J Ghostrider
4th Special Operations Squadron → aircraftOperated → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lockheed AC-130U Spooky
8th Special Operations Squadron → notableAircraftPreviouslyOperated → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
15th Special Operations Squadron → aircraftOperated → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lockheed AC-130U Spooky
1st Special Operations Maintenance Group → supportsAircraftType → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
27th Special Operations Wing → typeOfAircraftOperated → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
this entity surface form: AC-130J Ghostrider
27th Special Operations Group → assignedAircraftExample → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
27th Fighter Wing → aircraftOperated → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
AC-119K Stinger → contemporaryWith → AC-130 gunship ⓘ
this entity surface form: AC-130 Spectre