Ndege ine Zvombo Zvisingakoshi
A Transport Plane with Firepower
Iyo AC-130 ishanduro yakashandurwa yeCheheed Martin Corp. yeC-130 ndege yekutakura. Ndege inotora zvombo zvayo zvinotyisa kubva kuThe Boeing Company, iyo inofanirwa kutendesa ndege yekutakura ive mupfuti.
IA AC-130 inoshandiswa mukurwisana kunoshumira kupa hutsigiro kune dzimwe ndege uye masoja ari kurwisana pasi.
Iyo US Air Force ndiyo chete inoshandisa AC-130 Gunship. Ndege inouya mumarudzi maviri akanzi "Scepter" uye "Spooky." Nevashandi vanoenda kunhandare yevashumiri vane gumi nemakumi maviri emhepo uye zvombo zvingasvika 25 millimeter Gatling mhomho kusvika 105-millimeter seiitzers, AC-130 ine mukurumbira wokuranga kurwisa muhondo.
Mukuwedzera kumoto waro, AC-130 gunship yakaratidza kuti yakakurumbira neU.S. Air Force nekuda kwekugona kwayo kushanda mumamiriro ekunze akaipa uye kwenguva refu usiku. Yakagadzirwa ne-high-tech sensor, scanners uye radar, ndege yacho inokwanisa kusiyanisa pakati pehurumende neuto revavengi kubva kure. Izvi zvinogadzirisa kukanganisa kweA AC-130 chimwe chezvakanakisisa pakati pezviitiko zvemauto zvekare.
Nhaka Yakatangira muVietnam
Muenzaniso wezvino we AC-130 Gunship wakashandiswa kurwisana nevarwi vemauto muIraq, Afghanistan, neSomalia.
Zvisinei, ndege yacho yakatanga muHondo yeVietnam. IAmerican Air Force yakatanga kugadzira pfuti kuti ipe rubatsiro rwemagetsi ehondo uye varwi pasi vanoita misangano muLaos neSouth Vietnam.
Kubvira pakuvambwa kwayo muna 1967, AC-130 Gunship yakaratidza zvakakosha uye yakakurumbira - kuparadza, nekumwe kutaridzika, zvinopfuura zvombo zvemauto zvepasi 10 000 uye zviuru zvezvikwata zvevengi.
Pasati gore rokusvika mubasa, pakanga paine AC-130 Gunships yakakwana muVietnam kuumba squadron. Chekutanga AC-130 squadron yainzi 16th Special Operations Squadron uye yakashandurwa neshoko rokuti "SOS"
Munguva pfupi yapfuura, AC-130 Gunship yakashandiswa kupa moto nekusimbisa panguva yekupinda kwePanama muna 1989, yekutanga Gulf War muna 1991, uye zuva ranhasi kushanda muIraq, Afghanistan, uye zvikamu zveAfrica. IA AC-130 Gunship yakashandiswa munguva pfupi kuti ibudise varwi veAl-Qaeda kubva munzvimbo dzakaoma dzemakomo.
Kuvandudza kune More Firepower
IA AC-130 Gunship yakatsoropodzwa nokuti ine simba kwazvo uye inopa simba guru rekuratidza simba. Zvisinei, iyo Air Force Special Operations Command yakatamira mumakore achangobva kuwedzera kuwedzera moto kune ndege.
Muna 2007, US Air Force yakashuma kuti inoda kuvandudza nekuwedzera kune zvombo zve AC-130 Gunship. Pane zvirongwa zvekutsvaga hupenyu hwemhepo dzinosvika 120-millimita uye nemisasa yeHerfire. Pakave nekuve nekukurukurirana pamusoro pekuwedzera Viper Strike Glide Bombs uye Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System kune ndege. Takatorwa pamwechete, izvi zvinowedzera zvaizoita kuti AC-130 Gunship ive chinhu chinotyisa zvikuru chezvombo.
IU.S. Air Air yakataura kuti inotanga matanho muna 2011 kutenga zvitsva gumi nematanhatu. Zvitsva zvitsva izvi zvichava Lockheed Martin C-130J ndege dzendege dzakashandurwa kuisa izvo izvo zvehondo zvichiti "kunyatsogadzirisa purogiramu." IU.S. Air Force yakati ichishanda $ 1.6 mabhiriyoni kuti iwane mhirizhonga yakawedzerwa kubva muna 2011 kusvika 2015. Nezvimwe zvinyorwa zvitsva, mauto eU.S. Air Forces emapurisa anotarisirwa kuverenga ndege 33.