The idea of having a frickin' howitzer on a plane is just wild.

My father was one of the first Air Force pilots to fly the the first prototype of the C-130..in Armore Oklahoma. Lockheed in Murietta sent the planes to Ardmore..My Dad flew that plane his whole career..Air Rescue. Got the Distinguished Flying Cross...2 tours in Vietnam

@iamme9138

3 ай бұрын

Ardmore, ok

@gunny7769

26 күн бұрын

@@iamme9138 lol right...fkn dork over here....tell me more about ur daddys job @robinhuff9307

My son is a gunship pilot. Doesn’t really tell me a lot about specifics, but being the son of a COMBAT ARMS MAINTENANCE AND TRAINING red hat, I get an idea of whats going on. I can only know he is following his fathers footsteps in a huge manner. Perhaps a small protective prayer 🙏 🙏 in in order for our brave who protect the air and the ground would be in order. Be safe my son wherever you fly, you are your Dad’s everything.

@celestinovelarde9601

Жыл бұрын

Dalawa! Patrol ! WPS , palsyasin Intruders🤪😜😀😍 na highblood Ako!

@GatorBoyXD

Жыл бұрын

My prayers are with him and thank your son for his service and duty. May he come home safe and sound!

@celestinovelarde9601

Жыл бұрын

@@GatorBoyXD in the name of Service, po, don't worry, God knows

@allahdoesnotexist3823

Жыл бұрын

Prayer doesn't help because God doesn't exist. He's invented by humanity.

@celestinovelarde9601

Жыл бұрын

@@allahdoesnotexist3823 God is spirit U must know that , réspect He!

Actually the E models had upgraded engines and other and were changed to the H designation! Served as a weapons mechanic on H models from 81 to 85! Great memories!!!

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

I was 20th A.M.U., 834th A.G.S., at Hurlburt Fld. AFB starting in September of '82. The ACs of the 16th S.O.S. were FUCKIN' AWESOME powerhouses. Back then, they sported 2- 20mm rotating cannon, a 40mm Bofars, and the 105mm Howitzer.

@ironclay3939

Жыл бұрын

memories is all they are because even the Russian S300 system puts this 130 tub in the dirt - Putin will jam every frequency up to Light and your 130 is flying blind waiting for a missile strike and then the impact and heat, cold and dead ... Memories are a lot of dead guys who thought americans were bullet proof remember? Quit the fantasy America is out gunned!

@notoriousbig3k

Жыл бұрын

gr8 memories killing ppl with it ...

@truckerman9836

Жыл бұрын

That's whay I was hoping they would talk about but perhaps for some security reasons they didn't. Aren't they pushing out what 8 thousand shaft horsepower each now?

@scott1395

Жыл бұрын

@Rotorhead1651 I too was there from July of 81 to Jan of 85! I was also in the 834 AGS until we reorganized and weapons shop went to EMS! I worked flightless next to Eason hangar on Gunship flightline!

Amazing service life. Like the A-10, these old birds just keep going.

@ironclay3939

Жыл бұрын

no they don't that's just it the early Russian S-200 systems closed down the C-130's and that was 20 years ago

@franciscoalfaro

Жыл бұрын

Troll alert ^^

@sotired7562

Жыл бұрын

The only problem is the air quality on board. Health officials literally say they should have oxygen because of how much lead residue fills the cabin.

@panan7777

Жыл бұрын

@@ironclay3939 ALL UP to 500 will be wiped out and then this beauty will start her dance... If Ru army can't beat Ukr for months, even being soundly beaten DAILY, WHO can think that they can stand against NO restraints USAF? Well, Ru trolls for about three days, then the RU air force would cease to exist.

@ironclay3939

Жыл бұрын

@@panan7777 you should get your news from a reputable supply.

My dad was one of the first Spectre pilots, serving from 1968 - 1970. Some of the stories he told, including once shooting down a vietcong helicopter (which greatly pissed the f4 pilots which were his over cap guards).

@davidskiff3083

Жыл бұрын

@otter Dad was the military guy, I may not be remembering the exact jets which were flying cover

@larryhyak2529

Жыл бұрын

OuuuuuuuuRah to your Pop.....much appreciated.....

@pamtnman1515

Жыл бұрын

What does the gunner say before firing the cannon?

@Highland_Moo

Жыл бұрын

@@pamtnman1515 brace yourself. Just like Mrs Doubtfire’s husband, Winston 😉

@pamtnman1515

Жыл бұрын

@@Highland_Moo ok I’ll try to hear it that way. Thx

I joined the Air Force in '73. The first one of these I saw had two mini guns on the side like "Puff" and they had strapped a 105 on the back deck. They have came a long way since then. I still miss the flying on 130s

Fortunate enough to have been on board one of these,at the last RAF Alconbury airshow.the shell used in the howitzer is huge!

I was told that in Laos, along the Ho Chi Minh trail, once North Vietnamese truck drivers became aware that an AC-130 gunship was in the area they would simply stop their truck, get out, walk to the side of the road, and wait for the AC-130 to DESTROY their vehicle. They were so confident that they, personally, were not in danger, they would just stand there and watch. Later, the North Vietnamese military CHAINED them to the steering wheel to end THAT "nonsense".

@jacecristo3747

Жыл бұрын

Love the USA 🇺🇸 😍🥰😘

@wolfvale7863

Жыл бұрын

Well said.😁👍

@jacecristo3747

Жыл бұрын

And just look at that work they did on the interior with that steel it’s just beautiful

@hotspur666

Жыл бұрын

Beyond stupid...the SLOW fat slob C-130 would last 3 seconds as the incoming the Javelin or the equivalent blowing it up in small pieces...THE HERCULES IS A STANDING TARGET!

@raphaelambrosiuscosteau6685

Жыл бұрын

Is Ac 130 was in service during vietnam?

I got to play 130 target every night driving home from Duke Field north of Eglin....our hangar had some of these parked outside, and they'd fly along 85 (123?) with me every night...I knew damn well what they were doing, trying out their night-sight targeting on my car ! I've loved these beasts since first time I saw one.... ...almost as much as my one true love, the A-10. I was living on and off Eglin in the days when they were still working out the bugs in the GAU gun....we could hear that unique "B R A T" sound from miles away as they test-fired. Those 2 will be my first Lottery purchases ! 🥳🤣

@noahg.2099

Жыл бұрын

You're not wrong, we like to snoop on yall over at Duke 👀

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

20th A.M.U., Green Hornets here. Some of my friends were mechanics on the ACs.

@Stenn333

Жыл бұрын

@@tatumergo3931 ...no, home...south to Niceville...had this cool little apartment/duplex house at the intersection of 123 and 85, I'm sure it's all wiped out and developed now....the ol' guy that owned it was probably 80 back then, and that was '78 to '81 ! 😮 (Damn I'm old ! 😱🤣)

@Stenn333

Жыл бұрын

@@noahg.2099 🤣♥️

@jameswood1749

Жыл бұрын

Hurlbert fld 6 years

During Operation Phantom Fury ( Fallujah, Iraq ), we were very fortunate to have several "spookys" fly air cover for us Marines at night as we'd try to find a secure place for the night. Hearing the 20mm and 40 BOFORS opening up was somewhat comforting knowing that the bad guys had better think twice about moving around.....

@JohnFerrier

Жыл бұрын

Remember that when you call us the "chair force" xD jk, bro.

@Soronkulov

11 ай бұрын

Bad guys? U sure u were a "good guy"?🙂

@user-op5zm1xq5e

4 ай бұрын

Убитые невинные младенцы Ирака по ночам во сне не приходят? Сколько детишек лично ты убил?

I am a brit and love watching the US troops. This aircraft used more ammo to train than the whole UK armed services combined in a year perhaps 2.

@shinji1264

Жыл бұрын

"This aircraft used more ammo to train than the whole UK armed services" All that says is Americans are wasteful

@memememe2674

Жыл бұрын

@@shinji1264 never heard of them running out off ammo and kit. Would not be concerned about wastage

@sonatine3266

Жыл бұрын

Same my friend. I'm German and watching the American brothers is different... our governments are sleeping.

@paulhiggins6024

Жыл бұрын

@@sonatine3266 not sleeping friend. They are doing it deliberately and they have it all well planned.

@alab3657

Жыл бұрын

USA just shot 1,000,000$ rockets at a hobby ballon. US politicians don't give a f---k about tax payer money.

Never knew they carried and fired missiles and bombs too 😳 makes this plane even more SWOLE 💪

@bigal3055

Жыл бұрын

@Trevor S That's nothing! Amber Heard's dog stepped on a bee 😭

@ironclay3939

Жыл бұрын

and the S-2-3-400 systems by Russian ends the C-130 off the face of the earth - the 130 was great when you bombed rice growers - wake up Russians don't grow rice.

Neat plane. So much exposed ammo! Salute to the personnel in these planes.

@YaMomsOyster

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, and no smoking signs everywhere

@ironclay3939

Жыл бұрын

and against the Russian S400 system along with all frequencies jammed which means your c-130 is blind - totally blind - back of the craft can't communicate with the front totally blind !! and you have an incoming Russian missile - how good is your toy then? Try not to get trapped in your governments rhetoric it's not working out how they say.

@copetimusmaximus3363

Жыл бұрын

It requires a salute of a big enough anti-air missile.

@ironclay3939

Жыл бұрын

@@copetimusmaximus3363 that is a joke in todays world.

@copetimusmaximus3363

Жыл бұрын

@@ironclay3939 They still could send it to a remote country with weak/no AA and poison it's land and waters with uranium.

“At the end of the day the ac-130 is there for one reason and one reason only” And that reason is to “bring the rain”

@virtualpilgrim8645

Жыл бұрын

And a jobs program for White people...

@benkeller4210

Жыл бұрын

@@virtualpilgrim8645 yeah, because we all know there are no black people in the air force. Did you get my sarcasm? I'm sure your victim mentality will serve you well, keep it up.

@copetimusmaximus3363

Жыл бұрын

Flying uranium poisoning dispenser.

Man between the ac130 and the warthog the Apaches and the snakes on the vipers might call them now. We can can definitely mess up a whole bunch of stuff in a short period of time. And I love every one of them. 😁👍

@thirdstar9255

Жыл бұрын

But we'll never use them, since our "leaders" are wimps, afwaid of pronouns

It was great to get info from someone who has actually fought from these gunships.

@hotspur666

Жыл бұрын

Beyond stupid...the SLOW fat slob C-130 would last 3 seconds as the incoming the Javelin or the equivalent blowing it up in small pieces...THE HERCULES IS A STANDING TARGET!

@bowloflettuce5540

Жыл бұрын

it would be impossible to get info from someone who fought one of them

@figbloppa7183

Жыл бұрын

@@bowloflettuce5540 “from”, they mean inside one

@dutchdragon2472

Жыл бұрын

@@figbloppa7183 He's talking about the victims being dead as hell

@figbloppa7183

Жыл бұрын

@@dutchdragon2472 bowloflettuce was mistaking him for saying info from someone who fought against the gunship when he meant being inside one of them

I cannot even begin to imagine the relief our ground troops probably feel whenever they're pinned down and they hear that 105 howitzer banging away overhead raining down on the enemy.... probably the only thing that trumps that feeling of relief is the sight of an A-10 Thunderbolt incoming when you find yourself in a jam..... 😀

@christiandauz3742

Жыл бұрын

The US Army wished it had AC-130s back in WW2

@ironclay3939

Жыл бұрын

so hows it go up against the Russian S300 system along with all frequencies jammed which means your c-130 is blind - totally blind back of the craft can't communicate with the front totally blind - and you have an incoming Russian missile - how good is your toy then? History tells you the c-130 is a museum piece for old men to remember ok

@christiandauz3742

Жыл бұрын

@@ironclay3939 Wish I have a Time-machine to bring the C-130s back to 1785 US!

@danielparson4574

Жыл бұрын

More likley happy to be back home rather than fighting another pointless war that the USA will lose

@robbieaulia6462

Жыл бұрын

@@ironclay3939 close air support aircrafts has always been weapons deployed when one side have total air superiority. All weapons are designed for a special purpose, sending an AC-130 into an airspace littered with S300 is like sending an M1A2 Abram into a jungle, it's a suicide mission. That's where the F-16 shines brighter than the AC-130.

Mr. Gatlin would be proud his new and improved invention is still being used.

As young private in the 82ND, back in December 1976, Puff the Magic Dragon was the first show of force I saw. Were close enough to the impact area they were targeting, the concussions from the 40s and especially 105s had us forgetting we were freezing. It was quite an experience. After the show was over, the order was given; back to the 80 packs, but one man from 3rd platoon didn’t move off the cold ground. He had lit a food heat tab under his poncho to fight off the cold and wind, and was over come by carbon monoxide after falling asleep. His body was taken back to the barracks in the 80 packs, and placed in the day room on a pool table. Two men from 3rd stood guard at the doors. No one was allowed to enter until the body was removed in the morning.

Very impressive aircraft, Thanks Sam and the production crew of this video. 👍 🇺🇸

No one: The inventor of these things: “You know an artillery barrage? Yeah lets make it fly.”

Dude you served in an AC-130!? That is cool! Thanks for the video and your service!

Love your videos! You should do a video about the RC-135 family. RC-235V/W/S/U and WC-135

what's the killstreak to unlock it ?. "enemy AC 130 on the air!" . God , I love MW2.

@NOOBATRON-bs4jo

Жыл бұрын

cha, ENEMEY AC130 ABOVE lulw

@jerkurface602

Жыл бұрын

I thinks it's like 5

@juanfermin8173

Жыл бұрын

@@jerkurface602 is 11 , if not it would be mad easy to get one in a game. It would be op.

@jerkurface602

Жыл бұрын

@@juanfermin8173 shit I haven't played in so long bro haha thanks for the correction

As young Infantry Marine who fought in Iraq we had a multitude of close air support. 1. Super Cobra's. 2. F18s 3. A-10s 4. AC130 Puff the Magic Dragon 5. Drones 6. Other Air Assets from the Navy/Air Force. Here is the fact, we Marines (who have seen combat) have ONE - just ONE preference . That's the AC130 Gunship... Puff the Magic Dragon we called it. The 2nd choice for us Marines is the A-10 and the 3rd was our Marine Cobras. Our 4th was an F18 flown by a Marine. USAF for the win every fucking time... every time.

🇬🇧Spooky & Specter, we called in "Basher 75" (think that was the correct callsign of one of the guys) to great effect in Al Amarah 2004. We got a nice letter from the crew after our return. 😊 One particular engagement was 'danger close' as they smashed a ton of terrorists on the opposite bank of the River Tigris just before we stormed over the bridge. Plenty guys took up fire positions kneeling in the bits and pieces.

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

1:09 Hey that's a scene from Michael Bay's transformers! I bet he actually completely approves of everything AC-130 related 👍

Finaly, someone that got the majority of the facts right. Your only errors are minor errors of omission. Well done.

@ironclay3939

Жыл бұрын

yeah like the Russian S200 system has ended those facts and Russia has a 3 - 4 - and S500 system that takes care on all incoming so Jesus has time moved on ha!!

@PlannedObsolescence

Жыл бұрын

@@ironclay3939 Is that why they're getting their asses handed to them now?

@ironclay3939

Жыл бұрын

@@PlannedObsolescence Are They? - You're Sure about that then ha. Cause your president biden said so - are you really fucken sure

While in Vietnam I got to see these weapons at work. We called them Puff, the Magic Dragons'. I was as at Camp Holloway, Pleiku and Puff was from Camp Schmidt, Air Force Base across town.

In 1969 I was in Vietnam Northern I Corps, DMZ. Camp JJ Carroll with the 2nd Btn 94th Arty featuring Self Propelled 175mm Howitzer with 8” swap tubes. Nasty for them. The Gun Ship was nick named Puff The Magic Dragon. At night in the mountains this Bad Ass was a light show supreme.

Beautiful Airplane 👍

You seemed to have left out mention of the AC-119s. There were 2 versions flying out of mostly Uta-Pao Thailand and Da Nang, So View Nam.

@taldozer

Жыл бұрын

AC-119s always get forgotten ...and they were developed AFTER the AC-130 gunship programs. Great birds of prey.

We not only incorporate the best quality in what we build but guard the system as well

"You can run, but you will only DIE tired."

@mirandela777

Жыл бұрын

Said the AA missile to this plane :p

PS. Plus! - the AC-130 "basic platform" is already a piece of excellent engineering & manufacturing by itself - even without the guns... It's a little bit like a modern version of the 2nd World War C47 "Dakota" 's. It may be a "reductive" paragon, but in the end it is what it is - a plane that can be used for ANYTHING and EVERYTHING... Sturdy - simple - stable and ABSOLUTELY RELIABLE. Big thanks for the video, man!

@notoriousbig3k

Жыл бұрын

it still can get taken out of the sky with rockets

@2serveand2protect

Жыл бұрын

@@notoriousbig3k NOOOOO SHIIIIT! REAAAYYY?? HAHHAHAHA!🤣🤣🤣🤣 Wooow! You must know something the engineers that built it didn't know! If you hate the US so much go and do it under someone else's comments - I don't need to read your idiotic statements! Get the F++K lost, troll! XD :D :D PS. BY THE WAY! For the next time! LEARN TO WRITE IN ENGLISH! HAHAHA!XDXD

@alanmlkbanda

Жыл бұрын

@@notoriousbig3k like anything else. Question is after how many attempts and after how much time of battle ? Good luck with that

I only got to work on the C-130 Flight Simulator located at McChord AFB from 1984 ~ 1988. However this was still a fun time as we had to test the sim after maintanence and upgrades/updates etc... I always thought that the C-130 Aircraft in all it's iterations was built like a flying tank. Too bad that you could only use the JATO bottles for take off but hey, that was what they were designed and built for ;)

@ironclay3939

Жыл бұрын

yeah well the Russian S-400 system removed all the fun wake up this is 2022

Really interesting video, amazing the length of service of this aircraft

@SouthOfSanity79

Жыл бұрын

She should watch something about the B-52 Stratofortress. They started building Noah's in 1952. And we still use them. They're projected to go into the 2030s before they retire them.

That’s an amazing weapons system!! You got an Abrams, Warthog, fighter jet weapons, with the size of a bomber rolled in to one!

BUT...The AC-130 needs a more reliable anti-missile defense, over and above, dispensing flares.

@wolfvale7863

Жыл бұрын

Countermeasures: Raytheon AN/ALR-69 - digital Radar warning receiver (RWR)[111][114] L-3 Communications AN/AAR-44 - UV-based Missile Approach Warning System (MAWS)[115] ITT Exelis AN/ALQ-172 - Digital radio frequency memory (DRFM) jammer-based Electronic countermeasure (ECM) incorporating integrated Electronic Warfare (EW) self-protection function of detection, processing, warning, prioritization, jamming, and threat display[111][116] BAE Systems AN/ALQ-196 Low-Band Jammer (LBJ) - low frequency DRFM jammer-based ECM[117] Northrop Grumman AN/AAQ-24 Nemesis - laser-based Directional Infrared Counter Measures (DIRCM) (mounted on the port and starboard rear fuselage)[118] BAE Systems AN/ALE-47 Countermeasure Dispensing System (CMDS) - chaff/flare dispenser[119] What were those people who thumbed up your comment thinking? lol.

@badguy1481

Жыл бұрын

@@wolfvale7863 So you're saying that a simple, heat seeking, shoulder launched missile cannot knock down an AC-130 as they were doing during the Vietnam War or as they're doing now in the Ukraine War? It seems to me that once the on-board flare supply runs out the aircraft is vulnerable.

@wolfvale7863

Жыл бұрын

@@badguy1481 Absolutely. Everything has been updated. Nothing is foolproof. 6 have been lost in their entire service life, costing 54 lives. But the question was.... The AC-130 needs a more reliable anti-missile defense, over and above flares. I produced information to that effect. Copy pasted a wiki. It could be as simple as a rock thrown out a window and it would have fit the criteria of "more than flares". Their effectiveness in various places or times was not specified.

@badguy1481

Жыл бұрын

@@wolfvale7863 You're correct in that the AC-130 has a countermeasures "suite" that can counter various threat possibilities. But inherent in my question was the counter measures the AC-130 has, other than flares, that will counter a simple heat seeking missile. Keep in mind there could be HUNDREDS of such missiles on a potential battle field. The weakness I see in flares is they run out. So if an enemy "pops off" 1 heat seeking missiles every few minutes, the AC-130 will run out of flares very soon. Then what?

@wolfvale7863

Жыл бұрын

@@badguy1481 What else is there? We could just fill it to the brim with flares and flare launchers....Make it a giant missle sponge! Pilot and copilot get extra one dollar per hour while in combat zone.😂

Would the switchblade loitering munition (kamikaze drone) have a role in either defending/protecting the gunship, or providing the primary role of close air support? So the AC-130 would launch switchblades as it approaches the target, and the drones would seek out enemy anti-air units (mobile launchers and man-pads). when all such units are eliminated, they can target secondary objectives.

@YaMomsOyster

Жыл бұрын

Something more like the Loyal Wingman would work better I thought. Loitering in a dangerous area.

@direct2397

Жыл бұрын

Bruh you play to many games or watch to many movies. Do you know that anti air missiles are roughly 5 times faster then the fastest fighter yet? You think your going to hit that rocket with a kamikaze drone? Also, once an AA has locked on. The drone wouldn't be able to reach it's target in time. Again, aa rockets are extremely fast. Way faster then drones.

@DeathPredator

Жыл бұрын

Drone swarms could act simply as smart countermeasures, whether they carry radar-reflecting panels, deployable chaff canisters, or ignitable magnesium canisters in addition to whatever their offensive capability may be as expendable drones. This would be in addition to its standard coumtermeasures. Whether it is worth it or not is not easily stated.

@angeluscorpius

Жыл бұрын

@@direct2397 I see you dun read too good. I wrote: "the drones would seek out enemy anti-air units (mobile launchers and man-pads)." That's what Switchblade was designed to do - neutralise enemy entrenched assets and (because switchblades are so cheap) man-pad armed infantry units. But i can see how "hit the rocket with a drone" would appeal to the infantile.

@mirandela777

Жыл бұрын

@@direct2397 - bring numbers - Mach 3 up to Mach 5, for old ones, and Mach 7 for S500. And stop talking about that crap called "Switchblade " dude ! It performed abysmal bad in Ukr !

"Cap... Do you see that company? I don't want to see it anymore" "Roger, sir".

Video games: 5 shots before reloading Real life: Hold my beer.

Effectiveness is undeniable. When you need superior firepower sooner than later. I'll support the AC-130 and the A-10 any day.

@djizzah

Жыл бұрын

only useful against goat herders with light weapons, any antiaircraft gun post 1930 will drop this thing out of the sky like a stone

@mirandela777

Жыл бұрын

" Effectiveness is undeniable." - you forgot to mention ONLY vs civilians !

Like the Skyraider, the A-10 and AC-130 continue a legacy of CAS, a role that cannot at present be performed by jet aircraft.

@garychapman2661

Жыл бұрын

Tell that to your congressman/woman the next time they think about scrapping the A-10 for a jet.

@elgringosupremo

Жыл бұрын

The A-10 is a jet

Aircrew doing artillerymen duties in the sky.

My Grandfather used to talk about Puff the magic Dragon when he would talk about the Vietnam war. He told me there was one time that he and his crew finished a building and it instantly came under vietcong mortar fire and was destroyed. He was also assigned to tank retrieval units and he constantly talked about how he never found anyone alive. that and how much it stank. Not only that but he remembers calling "Puff" and it would "Remove" a forested area for ground troops to operate more effectively. AKA it laid down heavy fire with miniguns lining it to completely remove forested areas for ground forces.

Great for the war against enemy with no anti-air defence at all.

@direct2397

Жыл бұрын

Thats the US's specialty. Fighting farmers and civilians who use weapons from the 80's.

@Thunder_Lightning_and_Fury

Жыл бұрын

The Cong in the south didn't have anti air worth a shit. The turds in the north had formidable SAM systems. We should've nuked them. They'd still be timid makers of bamboo steamers and furniture.

@mirandela777

Жыл бұрын

@@direct2397 - and those "WEAPONS" must be ONLY roosted AKs ! Cuz even a 1959 era missile will pop this out of the sky in no time !

Cool airplane, but in modern warfare against a well equipped military this would be a death trap.

@mirandela777

Жыл бұрын

Yup, will be targeted by S300-S400 even before he could finish the take-off !

@arti-mon

Жыл бұрын

Именно поэтому этот самолёт хорош только в кино. В современной войне, это летающий металлолом, который будет сбит ещё на взлёте.

Bring the gatling guns back! Nothing cooler then the gatling gun opening up.

"With so many weapons systems on board, it can be tough to choose a favorite." every COD MW2 Player 🤣😁

The "problem" with AC-130 is that it is purely a counter-insurgency platform. It's large and slow, so it's easily destroyed by any type of dedicated air defense. It's highly effective in its role, but it's a very narrow role.

@jennifercarruth2811

9 ай бұрын

That's why they have ground forces clear the area first

@jennifercarruth2811

9 ай бұрын

And I think the ground forces calling for air support would inform the about the assets on the ground

@anthonygallagher1397

7 ай бұрын

Exactly,ok I'm conflict when you own the airspace, firing into jungles,or into villages etc,in the middle East or Africa, wouldn't stand a chance against fighter jets, guided missiles, and with the freedom of airspace over their own countries, states etc, they would be like sitting duck's against a modern day fighter in its own airspace, useless, unless they owned the airspace, and even then, like you said, they could be brought down easily with the modern day weaponry,air defence, or hand held guided missiles.

@ryan911

7 ай бұрын

Have you ever seen an AC-130 flying solo? I imagine they are like aircraft carries, only in battle when defended by plenty of companion aircraft

@cwell2112

7 ай бұрын

There's some discussion about this weakness in the last two minutes of the video.

Being such a big target I'm not surprised they release flares with a minigun too.

@mirandela777

Жыл бұрын

Flares are useless vs an optical homing missile. And this is the perfect target: big and slower than an airliner !

@PushyPawn

Жыл бұрын

@@mirandela777 What is wrong with you? What does YOUR reply have ANYTHING to do with MY comment? If you have an itch to express the abilities of 'optical homing missiles', then do it in your own, separate, comment.

Hey would there be enough on the new Block III F/A-18 Super Hornets to make a video on them? Since those look like they would be a good complement for the F-35 in Naval units.

Heard them cannons going off earlier today. I live by Eglin AFB

AC-130... because if you haven't instilled a deeply rooted fear on your enemies using the Warthog A-10, then there's always a meanest way to do it

Absolutely stunning piece of engineering. I mean - SERIOUSLY! - who the hell puts 30mm's and 105mms GUNS on a PLANE and uses it escort convoys or ATTACK ENEMY CONVOYS ON THE GROUND?? :D Only the States can produce such equipment in large numbers and make it run smoothly and EFFECTIVELY - in any other military aviation forces this (putting 100mm's guns on a plane like it's done here) would have been considered simply "insane".

@notoriousbig3k

Жыл бұрын

only the states cant do that no more cus they exhausted their money capabillities and resources in he cold war and now are at rock bottom and do propaganda videos with wonder magic ion laser canons that cant hit ship targets .... when standing still and c harges 3 hours .... the states cant invade Ukraine to help it cus nuclear holocaust threats from a paper tiger that hit it self with a missile ...

@2serveand2protect

Жыл бұрын

@@notoriousbig3k PS. ...and now OUT! I don't respond to trolls! :D

@mirandela777

Жыл бұрын

" run smoothly and EFFECTIVELY" hahaha !!! Effective vs poor peasants with roosted AKs ??

@2serveand2protect

Жыл бұрын

@@mirandela777 First thing first! If anything the correct word is RUSTY - eventually "rusted"- sure as hell nobody "ROOSTS" Ak's, but maybe we'll learn something new from you. Second! - if those "poor peasants" are - for some resaon - using AK's, then they aren't not much of a "peasants" anymore aren't they? Three - if those "peasants" using AK's are COMMUNIST - then they DESERVE to be shredded to pieces. Fourth and last! The AC-130 runs smoothly and effectively whether they are "peasants with AK" or any other military in the world with modern SAM's - it doesn't matter because only a total M@R@N like you would think a "gunship" like this operates alone - just by itself, without any proper cover and enters high-density SAM-batteries areas just for the fun of it.

call of duty modern warfare mission involving this aircraft was so memorable n badass

Depends on your theater of operations and ROE's. Sure lots of very expensive high maintenance firepower, like our AC 47 's in Nam - all of which were shot down before the end of their tour.

Some of the facts of our planes should not be said in public on yt.

@jaybee9269

Жыл бұрын

It’s open source. No worries.

@geraldgerhardstein2170

Жыл бұрын

Don’t worry, they wont be alive long enough to make any information security matter…..

This is only effective against ground targets that can't shot back - any units with SAM's or aircraft will dominate this aircraft.

@OzWannabe

Жыл бұрын

That is if one is assuming the AC-130 is sent into action before SEAD/DEAD operations.

@Bonked0001

Жыл бұрын

@@OzWannabe and assuming it has no support with all the countermeasures it has on board (flare/chaff) etc

@philliplopez8745

Жыл бұрын

The outriders providing air superiority would eliminate any threat to the gunship .

@ntladimaepa6265

Жыл бұрын

they will destroy it in seconds...this will only work against goat farmers not real combat soldiers

@ntladimaepa6265

Жыл бұрын

@@philliplopez8745 if they fail means bye bye gunship remember not every country in the world has farmers as soldiers some countries got planes too...planes that are better than USA planes and can outgun them

An absolutely amazing weapons platform for its role. And the operators inside the beasts belly work like well oiled cogs. As an insurgent on the ground, if you hear this overhead, don't bother running, it's already too late.

I worked on the FLIR for the AC-130 at TI in the '80s. I also worked on the S3a and A7 FLIR's

I imagnine this as the most reasonable solution to the air to air vulnerability, that still fits within the logic behind the AC-130. Air Force Command: Were concerned it may be vulnerable to other aircraft. Boeing's mad scientists: So we slaped an anti-air gun emplacment on the roof, what do you think? Air Force command: We love it.

@ivanthegod49

Жыл бұрын

fox-3

@Shipnot_Nonindustries

Жыл бұрын

@@ivanthegod49 we installed a CIWS on the roof

@Shipnot_Nonindustries

Жыл бұрын

@@ivanthegod49 they'll do it. we just won't know when.

@ironclay3939

Жыл бұрын

Awesome so the western troops have the C-130 air support - WHAT'S THE C-130 LIKE AGAINST THE S-400? = End GAME = exit c-130 = so Stop bullshiting your guys into going into war when they never come back in one piece - ask your returned they're legless and on the street begging - America/the west is now Outgunned - Out fueled - Out of ammo - and out the financial back door because of your own sanctions and public thefts of other nations property. America nor it's west can Fight your way out of this - you've met your masters in Syria and now Ukraine and soon to meet the Educator in the South China Sea.

@ivanthegod49

Жыл бұрын

@@ironclay3939 ok Xi Jinping calm down

The best thing about AC 130, it can take off and land on a short rough runway.

@ironclay3939

Жыл бұрын

Wrong!! since the Russians built the first S-200 systems the best these C-130's are is target practice.

@snakeace0

Жыл бұрын

@@ironclay3939 Yeah they work so great that Russia still doesnt have Air supremacy in Ukraine lol. You damn bots dont understand that the AC-130 only goes into action when air supremacy is achieved. All your sweet little s-300´s would be destroyed by f-35´s and cruise missiles. All the AC-130 needs to do is stay out of MANPAD range. Air -to -Air defense is done via f-35´s , which Russia still has no answer to lol.

@mirandela777

Жыл бұрын

@@ironclay3939 - and that was back in 1959 ! One of those popped at least one stealth bomber in Yugoslavia, humiliating USA - later the serbs said "sorry, we didn't know it was "invisible" haha ! Also the SA2 are the one who humiliated the U2 , and later, in Vietnam, bring death on B52 crews ...

The "U" model did NOT replace the "A" model, it replaced the "H" model. I was a member of the 20th A.M.U., 834th A.G.S., 1st S.O.W. at Hurlburt Field AFB as of 9/01/82. We were the maintenance arm of the 20th S.O.S., the helicopter operations unit which flew both the UH-1N Huey, and the MH-53H Pavelow III. As of that point in American Military History, the 16th S.O.S. Spectre operated the AC-130H which was armed with twin 20mm rotating cannon, a 40mm Bofors, a 105mm Howitzer, low-light TV, with both wide and narrow angle views, FLIR, and 2Kw & 40Kw flood lights, which were so powerful that they couldn't be turned on except in flight. The aircraft were also fitted with 4 "bathtubs", heavily insulated mechanical fairings, bolted to the underside of the wings, overlapping the engine exhausts, which combined the much colder air of high altitude with the hot exhaust gases, minimizing the aircraft's thermal signature. The overhead door for the ramp had a "fish bowl" installed in it. This was an approximately 4ft dia, polycarbonate bowl used by the I.O. (Incoming Officer), who laid on his stomach, watching for weapons threats approaching from the rear and underneath. Like the venerable A-10, the AC-130H's 20mm guns let out a "brrrrrt" sound when fired. The 40mm was more of a rhythmic "pop pop pop pop", as they tended to fire 4 rounds at a time. The 105mm sounded like a dull "poom". I spent a total of 4 yrs as part of the 1st S.O.W., not all of it happy. We lost several aircraft (both helicopters and fixed wing), in both training and test flights. My 1st assigned aircraft, #72-1651, was lost in an in-flight aerial refueling training exercise, when a rookie pilot in another helicopter panicked as the refuel hose suddenly whipped upwards due to turbulence. His unfortunate maneuvering caused the pilot of 1651 to veer to one side in an extreme roll maneuver which, sadly caused the crash which took the lives of all crew members.

In low flight counterinsurgency operation this aircraft seems to play superb.

It probably works well when fighting an enemy with no airforce or anti air capabilites.

The Herky is just such a basic, flexible airframe - it’ll probably be used for another 50 - 100 years if only for utility missions.

As a Vet, I’m the first to recommend the military for some misguided youth. There are jobs in some branches that are a once in a lifetime opportunity. Working on 130 ship is one of them. There are some fantastic opportunities.

AC-130 is immune to all missiles ? Radar is not detachable ? What a ingenious design👍

Only valid with absolute air superiority, otherwise is dead meat.

@hotspur666

Жыл бұрын

Yes, dead meat if you do more than massacre armless without any defence CIVILIANS!

2:22 Narrator makes me smile, how can you choose anything besides the 105mm? lol The sound that thing makes is the sound of problems being solved. 🤣👍

Ole Spooky, glad ur on our side.🥰

Airforce 1991🇺🇸. In my opinion with the success of the drones the days of the small fighter jet and dog fights are rapidly coming to an end. They're very expensive they cost a fortune to keep in the air. Things could be taken care of by unmanned vehicles for quite some time now especially the drones that I have mentioned. A large assortment of missiles as you could see the C-130 still has a place although it is very large and easy to shoot down unfortunately. All you have to do is look at the war in Ukraine and you will see what is successful and what is not. That will give you some idea of the future or the now.

@ironclay3939

Жыл бұрын

Arrh Mr Roberts you are correct when you were fighting Rice Farmers the C-130 was bloody awesome but now your fighting the Russian S-400 systems.

@Mr.Robert1

Жыл бұрын

@@ironclay3939 Exactly

@kazedcat

Жыл бұрын

Artillery is still a powerhouse in Ukraine. They just need to modify the system to become a flying artillery. Upgrading the 105 cannon to fire smart munition. Adding precision guidance and navigation to the plane. And programming a range attack autopilot so that the plane and cannon can have precise coordination to fire artillery shell at maximum range with very high accuracy.

@mirandela777

Жыл бұрын

A 1959 SA2 is a deadly threat for such a slow, fat plane ! A S300 will scare the hell off them, lol !

@kazedcat

Жыл бұрын

@@mirandela777 AWACS works. The plane is protected at the back. Put flying artillery near your AWACS and they get the same level of protection.

This video contradicts itself many times. It says the AC-130 was used in Vietnam, but construction began ing 1987? Also said the J model is the most recent, but later said the U version is the newest

@jaybee9269

Жыл бұрын

The J is the newest. The original was used in Vietnam, an A model. U came before J, the J is the newest C-130. Guy’s just reading Wikipedia anyway.

@FrankConforti

Жыл бұрын

It was used towards the end of the Vietnam war. The AC-47s (Puff the Magic Dragon) had literally worn themselves out by the vibration of the weapons. Metal fatigue grounded them. The AC-47 proved the concept thus some C-130s were quickly put into service in Vietnam. This according to an article I read years ago in Air & Space (Smithsonian museum) magazine. My guess is the AC-130 gets a thorough going over after every mission specifically looking for stress fractures. All that ordinance has got to be rough on the airframe.

1:09 LOL nice use of the Scorponok killing scene from transformers

Loved using this in COD Modern Warfare… 🔥🔥🔥😎

It’s amazing the plane isn’t falling apart while firing. The forces on the air frame must be massive.

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

The superstructure was reinforced at the factory for the "A" models. All succeeding models were fabricated as dedicated gunships, so they are well up to the handling those forces.

@mirandela777

Жыл бұрын

@@Rotorhead1651 - they do not break after first mission now, they endure probably 2-3 missions before returning for a hard refitting :p A bit like another stupid project, the (in)famous "rail gun" ( now abandoned) who could only fire a dozen shots before the rails popped out !

My grandad was a flight engineer on one of the first ac-130 gunships deployed to s.e.a. he remained in the f.e. seat for anouther 23 years accruing more than 50k flight time hours in the gunship.

@kevinlee6003

Жыл бұрын

Damn! Thats a ton of work hours. What was he pulling, 10-12 hour shifts everyday for years in that plane?

I was stationed in a air navel gunfire liaison unit in the early 80s USMC. Still using the old school Vietnam pric 25 radios.

Did the weight restriction prevents fitting another weapons array to the starboard side?

Would a gunship like this be able to get close enough to attack a modern enemy defending its self with guided missiles ?

@elcaudillorecords7204

Жыл бұрын

Tal vez auque parece ser mas util para apoyo cercano y ataque de vehículos blindados o ataque a insurgente o embarcaciones de narco trafico y piratas.

@astro1218

Жыл бұрын

@@elcaudillorecords7204 yeah.. i feel like a modern conflict it would be way to risky to loose such a big plane

@mirandela777

Жыл бұрын

@@astro1218 - anyone who uses more than a brain cell can realize this ! A 1960 era missile - SA-2 will pop this whale long before they realize what's up ! " Following its first deployment in 1957 it became one of the most widely deployed air defence systems in history. It scored the first destruction of an enemy aircraft by a surface-to-air missile, with the shooting down of a Taiwanese Martin RB-57D Canberra over China on 7 October 1959 that was hit by a salvo of three V-750 (1D) missiles at an altitude of 20 km (65,600 ft" That was 1959 !

@SouthOfSanity79

Жыл бұрын

If it had competent capable air support with it then yes it could. But realistically speaking in a situation like that you wouldn't need one of these gunships to take care of that problem. We have many many many other ways of dealing with that. Especially if they are anywhere near an ocean.

@knightrider693

Жыл бұрын

Air force would eliminate AA threats and then this would fly with support planes. This big boy would bat clean up sort of speak

Great, highly effective gunship, but only for primitive areas. They're sitting ducks for MANPADs, SAMs, AA guns, fighters, and even helicopters. They're also very expensive assets with large crews you don't want to put at risk.

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

What is your background that you speak with such authority on the efficacy/vulnerabilities of this aircraft?

@Bob_Adkins

Жыл бұрын

@@Rotorhead1651 ARMA3. No, kidding, I'm former infantry, seen and heard them working out very close up. Now a retired engineer. Thanks for asking, I guess. :)

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

I'm former USAF, 20th A.M.U., 834th A.G.S., 1st S.O.W. (home of the 16th S.O.S., the unit which operated the ACs.). Our Wing was activated for rescue operations in Greneda, back in '83. Cuba had made a full scale military incursion, and believe me, Cuban regulars are no slouches, nor was their AA. MC-130E Combat Talon IIs from Hurlburt, and C-141B Starlifters from Pope AFB/Ft Bragg, were attempting to make personnel drops, but the AA was to thick. Full General Mall (flying the lead Talon) called in an air strike from the ACs, which were orbiting at 10,000 ft, and after just one pass, all of the AA batteries were silenced. The gunships (3 of them) returned to Hurlburt with kill marks painted above where the crew door would have been.

@Bob_Adkins

Жыл бұрын

@@Rotorhead1651 Exciting times, and a little scary! Thanks for your service!

@hammerdown3876

Жыл бұрын

Thank you both for your service!

When the 105 fires if the shell isn't ejected the gunner who grabs it holds it in place for a few seconds. Is that just to minimize the wind blowing into the aircraft until the next round is ready to insert?

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

No, it's in case of a "hangfire" or slow burn. Imagine if the shell were to fire anywhere other than in the barrel.

@beer1for2break3fast4

Жыл бұрын

@@Rotorhead1651 But it's already fired and sometimes the blow back ejects the casing and sometimes it doesn't so the guy grabs it but doesn't pull it completely out until the next round is ready to go in. He does pull it part way out so I don't think he's worried about an explosion lol.

@oz05sti

Жыл бұрын

@@beer1for2break3fast4 When the special missions aviator doesn't catch the brass your see fumes coming out of it, by holding it in the breech the fumes will be sucked outside though the Barrel so they don't have to breathe it in.

I remember be on station as they did a gunshoot. fired on some killer tomatoes we launched and it sounds epic. Especially when you cant see it.

1 или 2 ракеты с300/с400 и этот самолет превратится в самый красивый фейрверк в мире))))

I’ve personally heard an ex military tell that the crew in this gunship usually end up suffering from lung cancer due to exposure to a shit load of chemical fumes from the ammo

@hazerod833

Жыл бұрын

I always thought it was just the lead in the air. I’ve heard stories of gunner crews getting extreme headaches and shit from lead poisoning.

@sotired7562

Жыл бұрын

@@hazerod833 many also develop cancer.

@Sayitwithchachest

Жыл бұрын

Why not have them wear respirators. We have protocols for working in lead inside of oil refineries.

@ibcalm24

Жыл бұрын

@@Sayitwithchachest I know right. You beat the war only to come home to die a slow cancerous death. 🤔

It's so good to see Bofors from WW2 is still on action.

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

Correction: Bofars

I was fortunate to work on the parts that built the C130 and C5B aircraft at Lockheed Marietta (Georgia) in the late eighties

I heard flight crew has it rough with all the gun smoke that come with firing these weapons in such a small plane. Lung cancer seems to be the norm

@kloppskalli

Жыл бұрын

no, it's all victory and glory only..

@noahg.2099

Жыл бұрын

Most of us don't care, it's a risk worth taking

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

"Such a SMALL plane"?!? You've never seen one of these up close, have you?

@2jsanc681

Жыл бұрын

@@Rotorhead1651 to be honest no I haven't. I'm a fighter crew chief so I know what a small plane is really like. I wasn't really being literal

@burnssy112

Жыл бұрын

Heard the same thing

I heard that the 105mm may be removed in a future variant in favour of 40mm (edit: actually, should be a 120mm mortar) or maybe an AC-130 replacement. Really hope this does not happen as 105mm to me is the most important element of AC-130 family. My absolute wet dream is that the AC-130 could somehow fit a 155mm one day.

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

Unlikely. The 105mm Howitzer cannon has been THE main gun of the ACs for several decades. With their FCS, a well-trained crew can put a 105 round in your lap, from 10,000 ft., on a cloudy night, while you're doing 50 mph. The 40mm Bofars, and the twin 20mm rotating cannon these birds sported in the late 70s/early 80s, have all been replaced at one point or other. As far as installing a 155m gun, you have to remember basic physics here. The recoil (however dampened) from a larger gun would still affect both airframe structural integrity AND flight stability. A macro example of this would be the 16 inch main guns on the Iowa class battleships. When all 9 guns were fired at once (usually only for photo-ops) the entire ship would shift 6 feet, perpendicular to its course. Obviously, this is an extreme example, but the same principle applies to the gunship. Also, the BBs weighed 10s of thousands of TONS, and were in water, which had to be displaced as the ship was shoved sideways. The ACs are airborne with far less mass resisting their lateral movement.

@UNSF

Жыл бұрын

@@Rotorhead1651 I just checked and 40mm bofors seem to be a memory error on my part (that was once done but changed to 25mm gatling). The candidate for 105 replacement is a 120mm mortar, which I do not know if it will be more powerful than a 105mm howitzer despite caliber increase. But still, howitzer sound more powerful to me than a mortar tho.

@petert3355

Жыл бұрын

@@Rotorhead1651 you know that claim that a full 9 gun salute broadside from an Iowa class DB would move the ship laterally is a complete urban myth right? Just spend 5 seconds thinking about the physics of what you are claiming and you'll understand why it's complete BS.

@1980Hungary

Жыл бұрын

Why didn't the even more destructive 30mm calibre machine gun get fitted to the AC-130 aircraft? Would that be too heavy for the plane with the weight of the ammunition, or would the gun be too big for the inside of the plane? And the two other weapons could be of a larger calibre.

@BartimaeusCarbulo

Жыл бұрын

I guess that would make sense when there's hellfire missiles and other comparable munitions on board.

"Near-peer" I love it

Imagine that aircrafts cargo bay loaded to the brim with switchblade type MAVS, cruise missiles and recon drones with double the control panels for UAV operators.

Great weapon for CAS when fighting camel riders, but in modern warfare this is a just a big flying target.

@anthonylemkendorf3114

Жыл бұрын

That’s a statement, not an argument. Please go ahead,I’ll wait.

@kazedcat

Жыл бұрын

Flying artillery is very effective. Stay behind the frontline and fire the 105 cannon for maximum range.

@mirandela777

Жыл бұрын

@@kazedcat - yet the missile out range you by a factor of 10 or even 1-200 !

@mirandela777

Жыл бұрын

@@anthonylemkendorf3114 - nop, that's is common sense, logic, and education. On the other side, from you is just a dumb wet dream.

@kazedcat

Жыл бұрын

@@mirandela777 Your missile will only fire if they see the plane. Flying low behind the frontline hides the plane from radar detection. And missiles have to avoid anti missile defense system to get to the plane at the back. Same principle with AWACS the plane is protected at the back.

I love the AC-130 but I don't see much of a future for it unless we get into another insurgency war. It's utterly dependent on US air superiority to survive. And largely dependent on the enemy having no decent SAMs. I got to direct an AC130's 25mm fire in training. It had stupid precise night vision capabilities and accuracy. It could located something as small as an illuminate watch from 5,000 feet up. _And that was in the 1980s._ The new ones could probably do a DNA test. Unless you were there you'd never believe how loud it is firing at night in the desert. One took out a warehouse full of insurgents five miles from my FOB in Baghdad (and several thousand feet up) using its 40mm cannon. I literally thought insurgents were on the FOB _right outside my door._

@ironworkerfxr7105

Жыл бұрын

Pretty much you will always need boots on the ground and support...

@virtualpilgrim8645

Жыл бұрын

Why only White people doing this job?

@hammerdown3876

Жыл бұрын

I wouldnt worry too much about that between what we spend on our aircraft and aircraft carriers, the US will maintain air superiority for quite some time... just one of our Gerald R Ford class aircraft carriers has more air power than most Nations ...

@Tabacish

Жыл бұрын

@@hammerdown3876 Sure, but with modern manpads, a large, slow aircraft at medium altitude...

@EricDaMAJ

Жыл бұрын

@@virtualpilgrim8645 Because you only see a few clips of some White people doing a job that thousands from all ethnic groups have been doing for decades and your low intellect jumps to "racism" because you are, in fact, a racist, and can't help but project it on other people.

These things are terrifying 😂. So many weapon system variations ready to unleash big boom boom.

I love the documentaries thank you

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