This enabled the successful assault of Point Salines airfield via airdrop and airland of friendly forces. AC-130s suppressed enemy air defense systems and attacked ground forces during Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada. These heavily armed aircraft incorporate side-firing weapons integrated with sophisticated sensor, navigation and fire control systems to provide surgical firepower or area saturation during extended periods, at night and in adverse weather.Īn AC-130 gunship firing its weapons during a night mission.ĭuring Vietnam, gunships destroyed more than 10,000 trucks and were credited with many life-saving close air support missions.
Other missions include perimeter and point defense, escort, landing, drop and extraction zone support, forward air control, limited command and control, and combat search and rescue. The AC-130H Spectre gunship's primary missions are close air support, air interdiction and armed reconnaissance.
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