Upgraded AC-130: The Air Force's newest gunship is officially here to fuck up your day
>https://taskandpurpose.com/military-tech/air-force-ac-130j-ghostrider-combat-mission-afghanistan
Described by AFSOC officials as "the ultimate battle plane" and "a bomb truck with guns on it," the Ghostrider comes with the standard 105mm cannon and an additional 30mm GAU-23/A cannon, along with wing pylons designed for both GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles.
The 30mm cannon in particular "almost like a sniper rifle. … It's that precise, it can pretty much hit first shot, first kill," then-1st SOW commander Col. Tom Palenske told Millitary.com back in 2017, adding that the Ghostrider is "going to the most lethal, with the most loiter time, probably the most requested weapons system from ground forces in the history of warfare."