The AC-130 initially replaced the AC-47 and AC-119 in this during the Vietnam War.
The USAF used the AC-130 for close air support, area interdiction and force protection.
The tasks of close air support include supporting ground troops, accompanying convoys and flying urban missions.
Operational missions are conducted against planned targets and targets of opportunity, while force protection missions involve the defense of air bases and other facilities.
The AC-130 Gunship arrived in South Vietnam on September 21, 1967 and began combat operations that same year.
After the conflict in Vietnam, the US Air Force designed a new series of these aircraft based on the C-130 H equipped with much more powerful engines, with four-blade propellers and improved versions of navigation and night vision.
The AC-130H, named “Spectre,” has been used in all U.S. military conflicts over the past decade and, after further modernization, is still used in the conflict in Afghanistan.
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