Inside World’s Largest Gunship Plane Ever Made

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[@scamassassin2538]

As a former JTAC, I had the privilege of calling in close air support missions from a variety of weapon systems. I utilized A-10 Warthogs, C-130 Spooky, Spectre and Ghostrider platforms, among many others. I can't emphasize enough the feeling of security that comes over you knowing a gunship is overhead. These great birds and their awesome operators have saved countless American lives... including mine.

[@CraigWelsh-lm3wg]

They saved a lot of Allied lives as well.

[@SmilingFlowers-kq3yf]

😮

[@SmilingFlowers-kq3yf]

⁸⁸88

[@FrankWall-vm1hn]

Good boy . 3:16

[@jayjones6904]

Much respect for that platform

[@garymiller5937]

That AC 130 is one versatile, deadly aircraft. I'm glad they belong to us! 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@robertsimon6674]

looks like a slow-moving plane easy target for a surface-to-surface missile...I would think

[@davidmiller-cl8ur]

I totally agree, we would be in a mess if another country had just 1 of these.

[@garymiller5937]

@@robertsimon6674 Quite effective at what they do,6 though.

[@clifforddicarlo9178]

Good that you included maintenance, which is often overlooked in these kinds of presentations.

[@chrismair8161]

That is a lot of gun maintenance. A bout..a week? Cleaning Barrels and Sights. The best is "Cold Firing" to align all the guns to 1 sight. Pilot has a serious twist to the Left.

[@tomsommer54]

I love the ac130. Combined that with the a10 warthog is a beautiful thing.

[@theone31man]

This aircraft is totally amazing. Send it to the Red Sea and let it help.

[@user-mp5bq4gc7v]

I totally agree with that

[@bdickinson6751]

Rio Grande

[@williamhensley18]

It was interesting, flying up-and-down the trail in Laos at night and looking down and suddenly seeing that burning rope going from the air down to THE ground. And you knew it was a specter gunship.

[@Omar-kk9fp]

😂

[@whtghst8105]

This is a close support aircraft, and like the Warthog, it is a master at its craft! Of course, it can only operate in a secure air space! So if you see it or hear it, you've already lost the battle! A serious nightmare for the enemy

[@nschlaak]

Having this bird providing close air support gives me a warm fuzzy feeling all over. I imagine that the polar opposite is true for the enemy in the general area.

[@JeffBrazeel-fe4wc]

Bring the Rain! From a Veteran, Thanks to ALL INVOLVED, ie Ground Crew, Flight Crew, etc. For Your Service, and Help/Support/Everything!

[@TomokosEnterprize]

I worked in the high Arctic servicing these incredible aircraft but not in a war bird but as a freighter. The loads we could put in them was so much heavier than the design #'s. Great aircraft with even greater crews.

[@DROK278]

Lockheed: Hey we made a new troop and vehicle transport aircraft out of the old C130...US Airforce: Hmmm that's great we loved it for years now but we are gonna need a bit more armament than that this time.... Lockheed: So basically you want me to call Florida and tell em go nuts? USAF: Maniacal laugh, that's about right...just don't let them paint it or it I'll be Orange with a number one on the side. Lockheed; You got it boss... 1 year later, it's done! We managed to fit a howitzer, a Vulcan cannon, bombs and missiles a ton of guidance systems ment for fighter jets oh and it still carry troops and vehicles to oh oh and it has lots of flairs, it is slower now then ever before but it's officially as armed as it gets, what is it for anyway? USAF: EXCELLENT! Good question btw ITS SPECIFICALLY FOR SPREADING FREEDOM...THE SLOW WAY! 😂 Seriously though I have always loved this plane, she's a true BEAST, lots of respect for AC crews and what they do. 👍

[@johndavid5618]

"Wow what a beauty. 🇺🇲💪 "That is what we want in the red sea to protect the tankers and shipping in the red sea.

[@ronaldkirklandsr2488]

I was an aircraft electrician on the first ones in the Vietnam war. Love the C130 !😊

[@rumchjoe]

That was well crafted - thank you.

[@garymiller5937]

Spectacular video!!! Thank you very much! 😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

[@keithbuckley3220]

The Mickey Mouse C130 was a brilliant aircraft to parachute from, a brilliant cargo platform and will be a brilliant GUNSHIP. .

[@libertadbansag9229]

" MAYBE GUNSHIP NEED TO ... SAIL IN YEH! MEN 4 HELP!"❤

[@garymiller5937]

The B 52 is no slouch, either! 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@tedjordan2600]

As a bomber, however, USAF B52 show up at a fight and then can't drop any bombs because soldiers and Marines are danger close, so then the B52 turns around and leaves. Sorry guys; CAS calls for guns. Losing the A-10s is like a knife in the backs of every soldier and Marine who needs up close and accurate CAS!

[@garymiller5937]

@@tedjordan2600 I certainly agree with your position on the A-10.

[@stanmans]

The Bone

[@stanmans]

The B52 has a different type of assignment. It was not designed for close air support.

[@garymiller5937]

@@stanmans True. I wasn't trying to imply it did.

[@ronaldkirklandsr2488]

I also built a B52 bombrack harness tester which was bought by the USAF.

[@nathanpeteya8444]

C17 globemaster could be made into a gunship

[@jeremygarcia575]

Can’t fly slow enough at the angle required

[@marcusbutzin8368]

That’s like saying the F-35 can replace the A-10! F-35 is junk

[@jeffalvich9434]

And the entire avionics systems were designed and built by Hughes Aircraft Company

[@Omar-kk9fp]

Marina del Rey!!!!

[@user-mm3eu4un6b]

Shout out to all the warriors that give our freedoms in 216

[@timnavarrette3274]

Flying tank!!!! Kicks ass!!!!

[@charlesalvin4318]

I saw that hammoc hanging across the front of the cargo ramp. Someone's going to get a little nappy nap time till it's time to rock & roll!

[@joenop3393]

Sweet......1:14 That young female Airmen needs to tuck that ponytail in before it gets snagged on a moving part.

[@jseptoski]

It isn’t officially the internet until the armchair cannon loaders show up!😮😮😮

[@beargillium2369]

Cope

[@marcusbutzin8368]

Aww give it up I was active when females were allowed on the flight line and the issues that ensued they were worked out, sorry that your manhood is so small and effected

[@Omar-kk9fp]

?giggity giggity, right???

[@nobody6546]

🎯👍🏽🎯. Aahhh. The Strato… ALL I’d have to do is find a way to SNEAK ONE into my backyard. But… I guess THAT would be Divorce #4. Gonna miss her…😂 Great Presentation. Thanks! God Bless. 👴🏽NoBody. ( Errr??… #3 ?? Well that was that embarrassing “ ..getting caught trying to hide that A-10 last Summer… tried to pass it off as a new Lawn Mower… didn’t fall for it..)

[@PDVlog473]

Watching here my friend ❤️😊

[@GalenSkinner-iq6ff]

This i told you before this will save the 😜war now you know need I say more......

[@djmorry8748]

One ground to air up its tailpipe when its close to ground would be not be healthy for it me thinks😮

[@SAMSUNGA-vu6os]

Wow whats an aeroplane no enemy would come near it for all around there are blazing stink😮😮

[@noahkleugh9323]

Another reason to stay below the 39,000-foot ceiling is that the aircraft is unpressurized.

[@Omar-kk9fp]

The pO2 at 39 K feet won't support lichens, let alone an invertebrate worm....

[@12345678971926]

I am not going to lie. I once sent an email to the Pentagon about converting the galaxy into a gunship to make it the worlds biggest gunship think about it twice the armament think of much support that thing would provide.

[@CSltz]

Does anyone have any old paperwork or information about how the idea of putting a 105 mm in there? To go from a C-47 with miniguns. To the C -119. And then this has got to be a heck of a story. I have a book starting with “Puff” . But nothing about the canon. I can see the crew chief saying. Sir I have this idea.”

[@prilep5]

Flying Fortress 2.0

[@dwaynejordan6750]

I jumped out of "C-130's" but None were equipped like this "Badd Boy"!!!!

[@user-zb3vy7zj3g]

Thanks best 😊❤😊😊😊

[@azls73]

" Spectre " I feel invisible go to War in this Plane !!!

[@ronalddechosa3048]

If they have.a new warplanes,I'd like to suggest a cool name'ShockWave..🤩✌️

[@kimrail3547]

The AC-130 is a fantastic aircraft, but commanded by the worst officers. Starting without complete target information leads to catastrophe : shooting and bombing an international hospital of "Doctors Without Borders" for nearly one hour. Incredible incompetence!

[@marcusbutzin8368]

We never took off without full preflight situational updates plus interlink allowed us to be updated inflight. Mission planning is a must! It’s the ground controllers that call in CAS mission changes don’t see what we see from the air, there are multiple verifications before firing or bombing can begin. You are under informed!

[@kimrail3547]

@@marcusbutzin8368 The official report states the opposite, plus the ground controller had no sight to the target, and did not mention this to the airplane. Minor mistake: the video surveillance saw, that there was similar building (the real target) but did not report to the rest of the crew. Basically also bad organization: The command staff in Afghanistan was not informed, so when the hospital phoned to the US forces in Kabul nobody knew what actually happened. In the end nobody was sentenced for the breaking of vital rules of engagement.

[@marcusbutzin8368]

@@kimrail3547 It’s call the fog of war, you ever been in combat or for that matter on a C-130 gunship? When conducting a mission?

[@kimrail3547]

@@marcusbutzin8368 I know that this was the official conclusion for an incredible breaking of rules. The Air Force protects their officers, that is important, but the message to the international community is that USAF does not care about laws of humanity.

[@josephheuneman5613]

In Vietnam I watch the older version called spooky we would sit around for hours watching the plane unloading on VC areas..

[@marcusbutzin8368]

Ground controller almost never has sights on target, unless now drones are up, but cloud cover could mask a target, really the only way to be precise on target is with GPS coordinates and even then it can be off by meters either way.

[@enterprise0523]

It’s hard to believe this huge plane can fly so fast with propellers

[@dannydrew8169]

🇺🇸 👍!!!

[@user-im7sj7gr2v]

🥶😭¿Cuándo lo aran pará el galaxy más grande del mundo? Con cañones eletromanesticos con municiones de plutonio enpobresido 🥶🥶👀👀

[@user-zb3vy7zj3g]

HRANA pls

[@NF-im1wq]

What do they do if rockets and missiles are fired at it from miles away

[@user-zb3vy7zj3g]

HRANA 😮

[@user-zb3vy7zj3g]

Split i Pljevlja izlaznost

[@JamesC696]

It has everything-when does it get the rear facing howie hatch?

[@Mac-ix4qp]

The C130 airframe was built to last. My dad flew to USAF boot camp in the late 50s on it.

[@ShaunLang]

I'd love to see what the pilot sees on his DG when the howitzer fires.

[@markrainford1219]

Would not want to be in that flying around a modern battlefield.

[@Omar-kk9fp]

"cart start" in my mind refers to the self-contained APU that were used to pressurize the manifold before the fans were lit off. By the late 1960s, APUs were pretty much std on rhe new generation small and large aircraft: 727, 737, 747. As I remember, DC-8 had APUs, but 720, 707, 717 did not.... I'd call these, "bangers - NO mash", or, "canned pop"!!

[@johngoglia-gh7ql]

C130 granddaddy is from.vietman . Puff the magic. Dragon DC3. .50 CALIBER,'S MANY M60 MACHINE GUN. (2). Cannons 1 port 1 starboard.. VC..NVA called it death from above

[@dababynew]

lockheed makes every plane practically

[@user-dq4tt6ce4e]

There for complit in new techologis world of Gun.

[@johnsonalex9757]

💯💯 ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@WalterDWormack214]

Doe this 'dragon' have any kind of 'defensive' capabilities? Can she employ any type aerial anti-air defense?

[@stevebutler9315]

Does it have a small kitchen area fir making tea?

[@gregorypage3395]

Technically yes... but we don't drink tea over here

[@SalesforceSS]

How does it defend itself from surface to air missile.

[@gillesguillaumin6603]

Lures and eletronic weapons.

[@user-mm3eu4un6b]

The best in the world wide groups.

[@lifter98]

Lovely… It would be a big fat target for a shoulder launched missile wouldn’t it not?

[@ronaldkirklandsr2488]

It was fitted with a missile detection system which built and wired.

[@speedracer2336]

It’s just as accurate at 10K feet.

[@user-zb3vy7zj3g]

Carry remember

[@dwaynejordan6750]

This could be Really appreciated if it was put in a "Video Game"!!!! Awesome Fire Power would light up the Screen 😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@georgezamanos6446]

puff the magic dragon that was cool this is thors hammer what a monster epic

[@brodricj3023]

Is the cabin pressurized?

[@mathwiz1260]

If it goes down it blows up like no other plane thats for sure

[@MrMojolinux]

While it's doing it's thing, it is one BIG target for even a drone

[@kwslife116]

Not in the air. Drones don't fly that high. I assume your talking the hand held one's.

[@vennauer]

@@kwslife116 Lol you really think a military is using hand held personal drones to attack enemy air forces??

[@kwslife116]

@vennauer guess you havent been paying attention to Ukrain. Yes they use handheld drones. Also you think we can't shoot down a big drone? Lol

[@vennauer]

@@kwslife116 not against planes they aren’t. And what? When did I say they couldn’t shoot down a big drone?

[@kwslife116]

@vennauer who said anything about planes? The original post said its a big target for a drone. Meaning a warship. 2 Well when you said military wouldn't use handheld I assume now you are talking larger drones.

[@stanmans]

How can any of those ammunitions be accurate assuming there is turbulence from the engines, natural turbulence from the wind, an airplane that is not static, the type of ammo loaded on the plane and the distance to the target. It appears they are not actually aiming at a specific target. How much protection does the the plane itself have? It appears to me it wouldn’t be very difficult to shoot one of the planes down 0:58 using some type or guided missile.

[@jefflambright9350]

Watch the videos and see

[@stanmans]

@@jefflambright9350 I’m watching and I don’t see

[@nospoontobend2656]

​@@stanmansauto-correction via computerized systems

[@markstevenson8209]

I really don't see how this plane could survive in battle with the highly advanced anti-aircraft weapons most nations have today. I think it's obsolete, that plane would be a sitting duck against China or Russia.

[@GaryFurr-er7xz]

They are called hell in the air

[@skat5268]

I was under the impression that the B52 had the same engines as the 707? 707 didn't have carts or powder charges to fire up their engines...

[@balongride3169]

The problem was it takes a lot of time to reload the gunner 👎

[@alseibt1076]

Ask them if they ever shut down 2 engines to save fuel. We did in Kodiak all the time.

[@charlesalvin4318]

Wonder why the non pilot crew members are not wearing flame retardant nomex flights suits but are required to wear helmets? Seams they, as crew members should be wearing the same safety gear any other Aircrew wear.

[@haggaisimon7748]

I wonder how much work and discipline to create such a monster. Human race is capable of creative destruction for sure.

[@davidwilson8800]

Didn't they used to call this plane Puff the Magic Dragon doing Vietnam

[@titozultanskisobrinho560]

👋👋👋

[@alexcuriel2950]

As an ex-Abn grunt I would love a job like that , but time has caught up with me..

[@kyounet]

It is used to attack poor beggars who cannot afford a stinger.

[@fatbob3256]

Infact😂 the poor beggars are sorting out the USA very badly. This gunship has to prove its mettle against the Houthis & not be a showoff in a KZbin video

[@163pete]

I remember this in Vietnam, it was a true Bitch of Hell that was a prayer answered in the bush!

[@ennoth1055]

🤘🤘👍👍👍

[@junkyardjimmyriversiderecy6722]

Please do not talk about any weakness in the airplane or it capabilities our son's and daughters will be put at risk!

[@sandiningtiyas]

spectre

[@merparevir7762]

Prone to surface to air missile,

[@user-kr5io3nn9q]

Это сампя заметная и шумная цель,которую ликвидируют в первый момент,пока нет ПЗРК

[@user-zb3vy7zj3g]

Debele hrane dve konzerve nemam

[@davedunn4285]

Spooky

[@garywollma4346]

Flying tank

[@paulruprai1274]

Make it invisible and silent ...Well?

[@bikerguy5829]

out dated % slow. Any plane or missile could down it, That's why it's only used in countries with no air force to speak of

[@stever7638]

Thumbs down for the erectile dysfunction add in the beginning.

[@user-kr5io3nn9q]

Показуха на своей территории,залети это судно без охраны ,пипец вс

[@ennoth1055]

Этот летающий танк в Сирии уничтожил Вагенр...

[@ennoth1055]

Этот летающий танк в Сирии уничтожил Вагенр...

[@joeypinterrockandroll3961]

whats with the music? it sucks.

[@jeffdittrich6778]

You only have half the story. What are the C-130’s vulnerabilities? What are its problems? When is it best to use and when not to use. Put your booster hat away and give a full assessment.

[@jasonmartinelli6869]

Good gracious who spit in your Cheerios Jeff?

[@jeffdittrich6778]

@@jasonmartinelli6869 I want a complete picture.

[@vadimpolovin7946]

Like someone gonna tell you haha who are you ? May be fbi need to pay a visit to you lol

[@blueskybanshee8013]

🤔 maybe OP Sec . 😉

[@johnhairfield849]

Ask the tallie ban 😂😅😂😅😂😅

[@pettroshudson7800]

The largest 🪦 yard for u paper 🐯 and paper systems 🐶 of the 🌎

[@garywollma4346]

Spooky