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Air Force Gets First Upgraded 'Ghostrider' Gunship
8 Mar 2019
Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk
The Air Force has received an upgraded version of its Ghostrider gunship.
The 4th Special Operations Squadron, 1st Special Operations Wing, at Hurlburt Field, Florida, received its first AC-130J Ghostrider Block 30 gunship this week during a ceremony at Bob Sikes Airport in Crestview, Florida, Air Force Special Operations Command said in a news release Thursday.
The 4th Special Operations Squadron currently operates and maintains the AC-130U Spooky.
The Block 30 model marks "a major improvement in software and avionics technology" over the original Block 20 software AC-130J, the release states.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/03/08/air-force-gets-first-upgraded-ghostrider-gunship.html (https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/03/08/air-force-gets-first-upgraded-ghostrider-gunship.html)