USAF, SOCom plan gunship

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) and U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCom) have both finally settled on the kind of planned gunship that will look very much like AC-130 gunships that are in combat since the Vietnam War. The USAF from 2011 will begin procuring 16 new C-130Js that will later be turned over to a contractor for conversion into gunships fitted with sensors and ground attack weapons.