Otu ụgbọ elu na ngwá agha egwu
Ụgbọ okporo ígwè na Firepower
AC-130 bụ nsụgharị nke ụgbọ ala ụgbọ mmiri Lockheed Martin Corp. Nke C-130. Ụgbọelu ahụ na-enweta ngwá agha ndị na-atụ egwu ya site na Boeing Company, bụ ndị na-ahụ maka ịmalite njem ụgbọelu n'ime égbè.
A na-eji AC-130 mee ihe na mbuso agha ọzọ iji nye nkwado maka ụgbọ elu ndị ọzọ na ndị agha na-alụ ọgụ n'ala.
US Air Force bụ naanị onye ọrụ AC-130 Gunship. Ụgbọelu ahụ na-abata abụọ dị iche iche a maara dịka "Scepter" na "Spooky." Na ndị ọrụ ụgbọ elu nke ndị ọrụ ụgbọelu 13 na ngwá agha sitere na mita 25 nke kilomita Gatling ruo ndị na-enye nri nke 105-millimita, AC-130 nwere aha ọma maka ịmalite ịwakpo mwakpo na mpaghara ọgụ.
Na mgbakwunye na ọkụpower ya, egbe AC-130 amarawo na US Air Force nwere ike ịrụ ọrụ na ọnọdụ ihu igwe ọjọọ na ogologo oge n'abalị. Ejiri ya na ihe ntanetị, scanners na radar, ugbo elu ahụ nwere ike ịmata ọdịiche dị n'etiti ndị agha ndị agha na ndị agha ndị iro site n'ebe dị anya. Nke a na-eme ka ezi AC-130 bụrụ otu kachasị mma n'etiti ụgbọ elu agha.
Ntọala nke malitere na Vietnam
Ejila ihe nlereanya nke AC-130 Gunship ugbu a mee ihe iji lụso ndị agha ọgụ na Iraq, Afghanistan, na Somalia.
Otú ọ dị, ụgbọ elu ahụ malitere na Vietnam Agha. Ugbua US Air Force bu ụzọ mepụta egbe iji kwado ndị ụgbọ elu agha na ndị agha ala na-eduga na Laos na South Vietnam.
Site na mmalite ya n'afọ 1967, AC-130 Gunship gosipụtara na ọ dị oke mma na - ewu, site na atụmatụ ụfọdụ, ihe karịrị puku ala ụgbọala na puku puku ụgbọ elu ndị agha.
N'ime otu afọ na-abata n'ime ọrụ, enwere AC-130 Gunships na Vietnam iji mepụta squadron. A na-akpọ AC-130 squadron nke mbụ na Squadron 16 pụrụ iche.
N'oge na-adịbeghị anya, e jiriwo AC-130 Gunship nye ọrụ ọkụ na nkwado n'oge mbuso agha nke Panama na 1989, Gulf War mbụ na 1991, na arụ ọrụ taa na Iraq, Afghanistan, na akụkụ nke Africa. A na-eji AC-130 Gunship mee ihe n'oge na-adịbeghị anya iji kpochapụ ndị agha Prisila nwunye site n'ugwu ugwu.
Upgrading ka More Firepower
A katọrọ AC-130 Gunship n'ihi na ọ dị oke njikere na inye ngosipụta dị ike nke ike. Otú ọ dị, Òtù Na-ahụ Maka Ịrụ Ọrụ Na-ahụ Maka Ọsọ Mmiri na-akpali akpali n'ime afọ ndị na-adịbeghị anya ịgbakwunye ọkụ ọkụ ụgbọelu ahụ.
N'afọ 2007, United States Air Force kwupụtara na ọ chọrọ iji nweta nkwalite ma gbakwunye na ngwá agha na AC-130 Gunship. E nwere atụmatụ iji dochie ndị na-eji nri ụgbọ elu na-eji mpempe akwụkwọ 120m na mpempe ọkụ Helfire. Enweela mkparịta ụka banyere ịgbakwunye Viper Strike Glide Bombs na usoro ihe dị elu na-egbu usoro ngwá agha na ụgbọelu. N'akọrọ ọnụ, mgbakwunye ndị a ga-eme ka AC-130 Gunship bụrụ ọbụna ngwá agha dị egwu karị.
Ugbua US Air Force kwuru na ọ ga-amalite usoro na 2011 ịzụta 16 ọhụrụ gunships. Ndị agha ọhụrụ ahụ bụ Lockheed Martin C-130J ụgbọelu ụgbọelu gbanwere iji gụnye ihe ndị agha kpọrọ "usoro ngwugwu". Ugbua US Air Force kwuru na ya ga eji ugbua $ 1.6 nweta ihe ndi ozo n'agbata 2011 na 2015. N'iji ntinye ohuru, ndi agha nke US Air Forces choro igota ugbo ato.