In a desperate attempt to protect B-17s and B-24s from brutal head-on Luftwaffe attacks, the U.S. tested bizarre “gunship bombers” loaded with up to 18 machine guns and mountains of ammo. This episode ...

An American AC-130 gunship on Monday struck a vehicle in Iraq and killed Iranian-backed fighters who had targeted an air base used by U.S. forces with missiles and a drone, according to the Pentagon.

The US military fired at Iran-backed militants from an AC-130 gunship after they launched a close-range ballistic missile against American forces stationed at al-Asad Airbase in western Iraq, ...

A U.S. Air Force AC-130J Ghostrider gunship struck a vehicle Tuesday near Baghdad involved in recent attacks on the Al-Asad airbase in Iraq, a U.S. official told The War Zone Tuesday. It was the first ...

A U.S. Air Force AC-130J Ghostrider attacked a vehicle with Iranian-backed militia fighters early Nov. 21 after the gunship linked them to the launch of a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) fired at ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. gunship attack on a hospital in Afghanistan that killed 42 people occurred because of human errors, process errors and equipment failures and that none of the crew knew they ...

The Army is giving the AH-64E Apache a new mission, transforming the iconic gunship into a fast-moving drone killer designed ...

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Ahead of its time in performance and design, the Lockheed AH-56 seemed like a promising attack helicopter for the United States Army during the Vietnam War, but instead ended up on the chopping block.