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Air Force’s Newest Gunship, AC-130J Ghostrider, Is Almost Ready for Combat


Posted By: Brendan McGarry September 20, 2017

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Air Force plans to declare its newest gunship, the AC-130J Ghostrider, ready for combat — or initial operating capability (IOC) in acquisition parlance — this month, but the aircraft won’t actually deploy to a war zone for a couple more years, a general said.

“We are declaring IOC, Initial Operating Capability, this month on the AC-J,” Lt. Gen. Marshall “Brad” Webb, head of Air Force Special Operations Command, said Tuesday during a briefing with reporters at the Air Force Association’s annual conference outside Washington, D.C.

https://www.dodbuzz.com/2017/09/20/ac-130j-ghostrider-almost-ready-combat/

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Air Force’s Newest Gunship, AC-130J Ghostrider, Is Almost Ready for Combat


Posted By: Brendan McGarry September 20, 2017

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Air Force plans to declare its newest gunship, the AC-130J Ghostrider, ready for combat — or initial operating capability (IOC) in acquisition parlance — this month, but the aircraft won’t actually deploy to a war zone for a couple more years, a general said.

“We are declaring IOC, Initial Operating Capability, this month on the AC-J,” Lt. Gen. Marshall “Brad” Webb, head of Air Force Special Operations Command, said Tuesday during a briefing with reporters at the Air Force Association’s annual conference outside Washington, D.C.

https://www.dodbuzz.com/2017/09/20/ac-130j-ghostrider-almost-ready-combat/

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