Take the versatile design of the storied C-130 Hercules transport model, add a lethal number of miniguns, cannons and howitzers, and you get one of the most fabled and feared assets in the USAF inventory โ the AC-130 flying gunship. This plane does not drop bombs or break speed records. Flying night or day, loitering at low altitude, it fires shells youโd expect to find on a tank or a battleship. In this episode of AIR WARRIORS, weโre profiling one of the deadliest combat weapons on the planet, the indomitable AC-130.