gunship
noun
gun·ship
ˈgən-ˌship 
: a helicopter or cargo aircraft armed with rockets and machine guns
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And last week, a US Air Force AC-130 gunship also performed live-fire strikes on the same range where the B-1s dropped their bombs.
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Brad Lendon, CNN, 24 June 2024
Fortson's squadron is one of nine flying squadrons in the 1st Special Operations Wing based at Hurlburt Field, and one of only two that fly the AC-130 gunship, reported Task and Purpose.
—CBS News, 7 May 2024
The gunship had only two seats, pilot and co-pilot.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
Hardy later piloted giant B-29 bombers during the Korean War and C-119 gunships in Vietnam.
—Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2023
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Brad Lendon, CNN, 24 June 2024
Fortson's squadron is one of nine flying squadrons in the 1st Special Operations Wing based at Hurlburt Field, and one of only two that fly the AC-130 gunship, reported Task and Purpose.
—CBS News, 7 May 2024
The gunship had only two seats, pilot and co-pilot.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
Hardy later piloted giant B-29 bombers during the Korean War and C-119 gunships in Vietnam.
—Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2023
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gunship
noun
gun·ship
-ˌship
: an aircraft armed with rockets and machine guns for protection of ground troops or helicopters carrying them
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