gunship

Things that keep the enemy at arm’s length or protect soldiers from harm, such as gunships, body armor, and roadside-bomb detection, have been the focus for the West.

The Air Force formally retired the AC-130U gunships in 2019, replaced by the similar AC-130J “Ghostrider.”

Operating almost like an 18th-century ocean-going ship, the AC-130U “Spooky” gunships that flew in 2001 had three big guns sticking out of the left side of the craft, which it would fire while circling people, buildings, or vehicles below.

The Sun reports that the Royal helicopter gunship pilot, 28, was sent a copy of Celebrate at his base by Pippa.

Back there I could fly a gunship, I could drive a tank, I was in charge of million-dollar equipment.

A helicopter gunship was circling a checkpoint as a young rebel fighter blasted away with a heavy machine gun.

The seventy-four gunship, Gabriel Conroy, was clearing the decks for action.