Air strikes

MountaineerTom · October 17, 2001

Have you all seen that we've been using the AC-130 Gunship on Afganistan? That is one bad MoFo!

chevy4x4trucks · October 17, 2001

C'mon Tom, get us some good pics of one.

BTW, I think I'm going to paint my Vortec cover over the course of the next few days.

MountaineerTom · October 17, 2001

Cool.

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Here you go. You got to like having these onboard: GAU-12/U 25mm cannon, L-60 40mm Bofors cannon, and M-102 105mm howitzer (plus more).

http://www.specialoperations.com/Aviation/...how/Default.htm

http://members.tripod.com/~allen8633/

http://www.specwarnet.com/vehicles/spectre.htm

chevy4x4trucks · October 17, 2001

Look at the chinese writing, must be a ricer flying that one.

MountaineerTom · October 17, 2001

LOL. That's the markings for the air refuling door. Good one though.

MOD2FLY · October 17, 2001

wow....

I donno about you guys... but I am ready for it to be over.

:sneek:

chevy4x4trucks · October 17, 2001

It'll be over soon enough, just a few more tactical strikes. I think that it would be very difficult for any type of retaliation against the US now. There's no way that anyone would be able to get even close to taking over a plane now without getting ther butt kicked. Every person in the US is on high alert. The one thing that I would wish that some people would do is stop making false reports and scaring people. It just wastes police, firefighters, and ambulances time

bscottb · October 17, 2001

I'd hate to know one of these planes was gunning for me. They have to be scared, even though they will never admit it.

Bill89 · October 17, 2001

When I lived in Ohio I lived right by a Base where these C-130's flew in and out of all day. I don't remember the name of the Base buy it was in Mansfield. This is one big butt plane.

chevy4x4trucks · October 17, 2001

Quote from Bill89, posted on Oct. 17 2001,3:57

When I lived in Ohio I lived right by a Base where these C-130's flew in and out of all day. I don't remember the name of the Base buy it was in Mansfield. This is one big butt plane.

So, I take it that the AC-130 is the same as the C-130 "Hercules" just armed to the teeth. Does the A stand for armed??

Bill89 · October 17, 2001

They look the same to me.

Hey I didn't say butt. But I didn't spell out a s s either. I used the dollar sign. Oh well, you get the point.

MountaineerTom · October 17, 2001

Quote from chevy4x4trucks, posted on Oct. 17 2001,4:58

Quote from Bill89, posted on Oct. 17 2001,3:57
When I lived in Ohio I lived right by a Base where these C-130's flew in and out of all day. I don't remember the name of the Base buy it was in Mansfield. This is one big butt plane.

So, I take it that the AC-130 is the same as the C-130 "Hercules" just armed to the teeth. Does the A stand for armed??

Yep. That "A" designation is for Attack.

Shaners · October 17, 2001

Bill, the base you are thinking of has to be Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. It's a big one...

MountaineerTom · October 18, 2001

Wright-Patterson is in Dayton. It may be a Guard Base in Mansfield. I have some family that lives there, and I'm pretty sure there isn't an active duty base there.

Shaners · October 18, 2001

Quote from MountaineerTom 99Z71, posted on Oct. 17 2001,8:38

Wright-Patterson is in Dayton. It may be a Guard Base in Mansfield. I have some family that lives there, and I'm pretty sure there isn't an active duty base there.

My bad Tom...

It just goes to show that I should leave it up to an expert!!!! LOL!!!