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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on September 21, 2017, 09:13:09 am
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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/
I recommend early testing of its capabilities by operating in Texas Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey to combat mosquitoes.