The Taliban has been seizing territory across Afghanistan as US-led forces withdraw. The US has sent B-52 bombers and Spectre gunships to stop the Taliban advance on three key cities. The move shows ...

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — Expect to see some different planes in the skies above Kirtland Air Force Base as the base is the new home of the AC-130J Ghostriders. The seven gunships have relocated ...

The U.S. Air Force has begun moving heavily armed AC-130 airplanes — the lethal “flying gunships” of the Vietnam War — to a base in Iraq as commanders search for new tools to counter the Iraqi ...

Israeli soldiers had what the military called a "massive" shootout with Palestinian militants in the city of Jenin on Monday, a conflict that escalated with the use of a roadside bomb and finally ...

BEIRUT, June 5 (Reuters) - Syria's government banned 17 Western diplomats and its helicopter gunships pounded rebels in a coastal province on Tuesday as President Bashar al-Assad defied international ...

Britain is bringing out the big gunships in case of a no-deal Brexit. Four of the Royal Navy’s vessels are being deployed to protect UK waters from European Union fishing boats if the two sides can’t ...

Key point: Today, the U.S. Air Force operates AC-130 gunships mounting even larger 105-millimeter howitzers intended to fly in slow circles over combat zones, blasting targets below at its leisure. It ...