The Starlink and Starshield integration is intended to enable beyond-line-of-sight, or BLOS, satellite connectivity on the ...

WASHINGTON — The days of the AC-130J Ghostrider’s hefty 105mm cannon may be numbered. U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command confirmed to Defense News it is considering removing this howitzer-sized ...

AFSOC’s MC-130J, AC-130J, and C-146A try their hands at operating in austere, contested environments, such as a highway used as an improvised runway. On August 4, 2024, the U.S. Air Force Special ...

The first C-130J earmarked for conversion into the new E-130J Phoenix II has rolled out of the factory, as shown in an image released by NAVAIR. Naval Air Systems Command, or NAVAIR, released the ...

An AC-130J gunship practiced live-fire on a retired U.S. Navy ship during SINKEX 2024. (Todd R. McQueen) A U.S. Air Force AC-130J gunship took part in battering and sinking a retired U.S. Navy vessel ...

The US military has undertaken a campaign against alleged drug trafficking boats in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea using a variety of drones, gunships, and fighter jets, according to people ...

The U.S. is dedicating serious firepower to taking out alleged drug boats around South America. Here’s how the AC-130J Ghostrider gunship and MQ-9 Reaper drone work.

The US and other countries delivered humanitarian aid to residents in the Gaza Strip this month. Photos showed US military personnel loading pallets of aid aboard a C-130J Super Hercules. The airdrops ...

Military airframer Lockheed Martin has delivered the 2,700th example of the company’s venerable C-130 Hercules tactical transport. The milestone aircraft, a KC-130J refueller variant, will be operated ...

Lockheed Martin's C-130 Hercules has been defying physics since taking its first flight in 1954. The Air Force began flying the C-130 on a regular basis in 1956, and the plane, known affectionally as ...