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Last Updated: March 12, 2016

Attack/Multirole Aircraft
AC-130 Spectre
AC-130
A-10 Thunderbolt II

AC-130 Spectre
AC-130 in Action Firing Its Tank's Cannon - AC-130 Hercules At Firing Range
AC-130 Gunships And A-10s Destroy 116 _____ Fuel Trucks
AC-130 Spectre

Technical Specifications:
AC-130H Spectre / AC-130U Spooky
Close Air-Support, Air Interdiction and Force Protection Gunship
Initial Year of Service: 1972
Production Total: 21

Crew: AC-130H: 8 / AC-130U: 13

Length: 97.77 ft (29.8 m)
Width: 132.55 ft (40.40 m)
Height: 38.39ft (11.70 m)
Weight (Empty): 72,891 lb (33,063 kg)
Weight (MTOW): 155,003 lb (70,308 kg)

Powerplant: 4 x Rolls-Royce Allison T56-A-15 turboprop engines developing 4,910 horsepower each.

Maximum Speed: 300 mph (482 kmh; 260 kts)
Maximum Range: 2,200 miles (3,540 km)
Service Ceiling: 24,856 ft (7,576 m; 4.7 miles)
Rate-of-Climb: 0 feet-per-minute (0 m/min)

Hardpoints: 0
Armament Suite:
AC-130H "Spectre":
2 x 20mm cannons
1 x 40mm cannon
1 x 105mm cannon

AC-130U "Spooky":
1 x 25mm gun
1 x 40mm cannon
1 x 105mm cannon

Variants:
C-130 - Base transport model

AC-130H - Callsign of 'Spectre'; 8 crewmen; Dual 20mm Vulcan, 40mm and 105mm cannons.

AC-130U - Callsign of 'Spooky'; 13 crewmen; Varying avionics and sub-systems; Third generation AC-130 gunship variant; Addition of 25mm gun to 40mm and 105mm standard armament.

A-10 Thunderbolt II Specifications
The A-10 has received many upgrades over the years.
Primary function: close air support, airborne forward air control, combat search and rescue
Power plant: two
Thrust: 9,065 pounds each engine
Wingspan: 57 feet, 6 inches (17.42 meters)
Length: 53 feet, 4 inches (16.16 meters)
Height: 14 feet, 8 inches (4.42 meters)
Weight: 29,000 pounds (13,154 kilograms)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 51,000 pounds (22,950 kilograms)
Fuel Capacity: 11,000 pounds (7,257 kilograms)
Payload: 16,000 pounds (7,257 kilograms)
Speed: 450 nautical miles per hour (Mach 0.75)
Range: 800 miles (695 nautical miles)
Ceiling: 45,000 feet (13,636 meters)
Armament: one 30 mm GAU-8/A seven-barrel Gatling gun; up to 16,000 pounds (7,200 kilograms) of mixed ordnance on eight under-wing and three under-fuselage pylon stations, including 500 pound (225 kilograms) Mk-82 and 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms) Mk-84 series low/high drag bombs, incendiary cluster bombs, combined effects munitions, mine dispensing munitions, AGM-65 Maverick missiles and laser-guided/electro-optically guided bombs; infrared countermeasure flares; electronic countermeasure chaff; jammer pods; 2.75-inch (6.99 centimeters) rockets; illumination flares and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles.
Initial operating capability: A-10A, 1977; A-10C, 2007
Inventory: Active force, A-10, 143 and OA-10, 70; Reserve, A-10, 46 and OA-10, 6; ANG, A-10, 84 and OA-10, 18
Crew: one

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