The AC-130 is the world's biggest flying artillery gunship - nicknamed 'Hell in the Sky.' With three side-firing weapons, a 25mm gatling gun, a 40mm Bofors cannon, and a 105mm howitzer, it's easy to see why it got its name. Air Warriors: AC-130 airs tonight at 8 PM. | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation

1M views · 2.7K reactions | The Lockheed AC-130 is a heavily armed, long-endurance, ground-attack variant of the C-130 Hercules transport, fixed-wing aircraft. | War History Online | Facebook

The Lockheed AC-130 Hercules - aka 'Angel of Death'. “The anti-missile flares burn at more than 500C and the pattern that emerges resembles a pair of wings. The video shows the aircraft unleashing its awesome firepower on the enemy 2,000ft below. From a distance the plane – nicknamed the ‘Angel of Death’ because of the shape that its anti-missile flares take when they are fired – looks like a normal troop carrier. But the aircraft, which is rarely deployed in daylight, carries a powerful Howitze