在越南战争期间，美国面临着越南丛林中那些狡猾的游击队和散布四处的零星敌军。为了应对这些战术上灵活且隐蔽的敌人，美国决定开发一系列空中火力支援平台，利用空中优势进行打击。美国当时在制空权方面具有明显优势，倘若能够拥有一款能够携带大量火炮、并具备密集火力 ...

March 1, 2014: The U.S. Air Force is mothballing its last eight AC-130H gunships. Only 47 AC-130 gunships have been built, the first of them, the AC-130A, entering service in 1968. Some were upgraded ...

Key point: Moscow has seen what America’s AC-130 gunships can do and they want to replicate the Air Force’s success. Call it the “Spookovik.” Russia wants to make its own version of America’s ...