AC-130 Spectre Gunship

[surdanis]

Just wanted to share some new information on the AC-130 I discovered while talking to a prior Air Force man (he's my Platoon Commander now). He says that it CANNOT be based on carriers. It's just too big and not designed to work with the catapult system. So my feeling is to remove the ability to base them on Carriers in the game.

 

[jkp1187]

Now THAT is simply not true....

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/history/q0097.shtml

It is true, however, that it was a pretty close shave with the wingtips, so the Navy went with the Greyhound instead. But you can have a Herc land and take off from a carrier....
Although from an in-game perspective, it definitely makes more sense to have the AC-130 limited to ground base only.

So feel free to whip this out on your Platoon Commander at an opportune moment.

 

[surdanis]

nice find!

 

[jkp1187]

Dad used to fly in them over the Ho Chi Minh trail...so I got to hear some stories.

 

[surdanis]

updated fully to v1.1

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