AH-64 Apache gunships have been supporting Iraqi Security Forces in heavy fighting to expand a foothold in eastern Mosul by destroying Islamic State car bombs and makeshift barriers, the Pentagon said ...
U.S. soldiers assigned to 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fire their M777 A2 Howitzer in Syria on Sept. 30, 2021. (Cpl. Isaiah Scott/Army) In another back-and-forth this month, ...
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command wants to drop a small drone from an AC-130 gunship to get better surveillance of the battlefield, its commander said. The unmanned aerial system would fly ...
The U.S. military used Apache helicopter gunships for the first time in the war against ISIS Monday in northern Iraq when one of the U.S. Army helicopters fired a hellfire missile at an ISIS armored ...
The head of the U.S. military's Special Operations Command said Wednesday that Air Force gunships, needed to provide close air support for American commandos and U.S.-backed rebel fighters in Syria, ...
technicals (improvised fighting vehicles) near Tikrit the old school way, with very low-level strafing and rocket fire. Iraq, which has always had a love affair with helicopter gunships, operates a ...
The Air Force’s famous AC-130U “Spooky” gunship is on the verge of retirement with the heavily armed cargo plane returning on Monday from its last scheduled overseas mission. The Spooky is being ...
A lesson is emerging from last month’s tragic U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan that killed at least 30 people at the Kunduz Trauma Center: having human eyes on the target when calling in air support can ...
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A UAE-based firm is evaluating twin-engined commercial helicopters for conversion to military gunships, having successfully delivered several armed Bell Helicopter 407s to its host country. NorthStar ...
MOSCOW, May 16. /TASS/. The CEO of Russia’s arms exporter Rosoboronexport (an affiliate of Rostec), Alexander Mikheyev, has pointed to growing world demand for helicopter gunships. "We see growing ...
Dramatic pictures show Apache gunships carrying out daring military drills above the English countryside. Four state-of-the-art helicopters were carrying out evasion training as part of a war games ...