Specifications
AC-130H Spectre AC-130U Spooky
Primary Function:Close air support, air interdiction and armed reconnaissance
Contractor:Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Power Plant:Four Allison turboprop engines T56-A-15
Thrust:Each engine 4,910 horsepower
Length:97 feet, 9 inches (29.8 meters)
Height:38 feet, 6 inches (11.7 meters)
Maximum Takeoff Weight:155,000 pounds (69,750 kilograms)
Wingspan:132 feet, 7 inches (40.4 meters)
Range:1,500 statute miles (1,300 nautical miles)
Unlimited with air refueling2,200 nautical miles
Unlimited with air refueling
Ceiling:25,000 feet (7,576 meters)30,000 ft.
Speed:300 mph (Mach 0.40) (at sea level)
Armament: two M61 20mm Vulcan cannons
with 3,000 rounds
one L60 40mm Bofors cannon
with 256 rounds
one M102 105mm howitzer
with 100 rounds
One 25mm GAU-12 Gatling gun
(1,800 rounds per minute)
one L60 40mm Bofors cannon
(100 shots per minute)
one M102 105mm cannon
(6-10 rounds per minute)
Countermeasures AN/AAQ-24 Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM)
AN/AAR-44 infrared warning receiver
AN/AAR-47 missile warning system
AN/ALE-47 flare and chaff dispensing system
AN/ALQ-172 Electronic Countermeasure System
AN/ALQ-196 Jammer
AN/ALR-69 radar warning receiver
AN/APR-46A panoramic RF receiver
QRC-84-02 infrared countermeasures system
Crew:14 -- five officers (pilot, co-pilot, navigator, fire control officer, electronic warfare officer); nine enlisted (flight engineer, loadmaster, low-light TV operator, infrared detection set operator, five aerial gunners) 13 total. Five officers (pilot, copilot, navigator, fire control officer, electronic warfare officer); 8 enlisted (flight engineer, All Light Level TV operator, infrared- detection set operator, four airborne gunners, loadmaster)
Unit Cost:$46.4 million (1992 dollars)$72 million
Date Deployed:19721995
Inventory: Active force, 8;
Reserve, 0;
ANG, 0 13 aircraft assigned to 16th Special Operation Wing's 4th Special Operations Squadron.
Threaded Mode