Ghostriders 1976-1995

Name: Ghostriders 1976-1995
Brand: Post Hill Press

Post Hill Press

Ghostriders 1976-1995\""Invictus\"" Combat History of the AC-130 Spectre Gunship, Iran, El Salvador, Grenada, Panama, Iraq, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Somalia\nAuthor(s): William Walter\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Post Hill Press, United States\nImprint: Knox Press\nISBN-13: 9781637581575, 978-1637581575\nSynopsis\nResistance is futile. You can run, but youll only die tired.\n\nThe AC-130 Gunship was quickly developed in 1968 to provide fire support for ground forces in Vietnam. Twenty-eight C-130 cargo aircraft were converted into AC-130s for night attack operations. The AC-130 was crude, ugly, ad hoc, and detested by many within the USAFbut it worked, and it worked well. Likewise, AC-130 crews were deemed unruly biker gangs, but performed magnificently in every major US military operation from 1976 to 1995. Most of these combat operations were cloaked in secrecy, but records once classified for up to twenty years have now been opened. Based on this newly declassified information and hundr.