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AC-130J Ghostrider

2025 USAF & USSF Almanac: Air Force Weapons & Platforms

June 20, 2025

Lockheed Martin Delivers Laser Weapon for AC-130J Gunship

Oct. 13, 2021 | By Greg Hadley
Lockheed Martin has completed factory acceptance testing and delivered a new laser weapon to the Air Force, the defense contractor announced Oct. 6, with the goal of mounting it on the AC-130J Ghostrider.

2021 USAF & USSF Almanac: Equipment

June 30, 2021
Total aircraft inventory; aircraft inventory trends; ICBM and satellite inventory; aircraft age; tail codes.

USAF Announces Grey Wolf, AC-130J Formal Training Unit Basing Plans

Nov. 23, 2020 | By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory
Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett wants to base the service’s MH-139A Grey Wolf Formal Training Unit at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., the Department of the Air Force announced Nov. 20. The same day, USAF announced that it wants to move its AC-130J Ghostrider Formal ...

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