Model kertas ini adalah AC-130U Spooky
Transport Aircraft (atau di Indonesia lebih dikenal dengan C-130 Hercules) yang di desain oleh Julius Perdana
Paper-replika. Skala dari papercraft ini adalah 1:100.
The heavily armed AC-130U Spooky aircraft incorporates side-firing weapons integrated with sophisticated sensor, navigation and fire
control systems
to provide surgical firepower or area saturation during extended loiter
periods, at night and in adverse weather. The sensor suite consists of a
television sensor, infrared sensor and radar. These sensors
allow
the gunship to visually or electronically identify friendly ground
forces and targets any place, any time. The AC-130U Spooky is the third
generation of C-130 gunships. The AC-130U employs aperture strike radar
for long-range and adverse weather target detection and identification.
The aircraft's navigational devices include the inertial navigation
systems and global positioning system.
The AC-130U Spooky was
originally armed with a 25mm GAU-12/U cannon (capable of firing 1,800
rounds per minute), a single-barrel, rapid-fire 40mm Bofors L/60 cannon,
and a modified 105mm M102 howitzer. The AC-130U's GAU-12/U replaced
replaced the 2 M61A1 20mm cannons used on the AC-130H, but otherwise
retained the previous armament fit. A number of programs were
subsequently initiated to investigate additional AC-130U armament
options. The AC-130U employs the latest technologies and can attack two
targets simultaneously.
The AC-130U gunship is a complex aircraft
weapon system, containing more than 609,000 lines of software code in
its mission computers and avionics systems. Although still using the
venerable Lockheed C-130 airframe, the AC-130U incorporates the advanced
sensor technology, along with an entirely new fire-control system
compared to previous AC-130 gunships, to substantially increase the
gunship's combat effectiveness. The fire control system offers a
dual-target attack capability, whereby 2 targets up to one kilometer
apart could be simultaneously engaged by 2 different sensors, using 2
different guns. All light-level television, infrared sensors, and the
Hughes AN/APQ-180 radar (also found on the F-15E Strike Eagle) provides
night and adverse weather capability. The strike radar provided the
first gunship capability for all weather/night target acquisition and
strike.
The AC-130U is an excellent platform for working at night.
AC-130U pilots are trained to be proficient with night vision goggles
and the AC-130U carries various systems for working in the dark
including FLIR, and ALLTV. It has an LST and 2 laser designators,
although these systems cannot be cued to each other. The AN/APQ-180 fire
control radar gives the AC-130U an adverse weather capability. They
orbit at approximately 5,000-10,000 feet above ground around a target
area in a 5 nautical mile arc. AC-130U strengths include an excellent
loiter time of up to 4.5 hours. It is a superior platform for Troops in
Contact (TIC), and is best used at night to optimize all of its sensors.
It also has a superior communications suite. AC-130U weaknesses include
decreased maneuverability and survivability in a high tech
surface-to-air threat environment. It is a large target with slow speed
and should not be used in a high threat environment in daylight. It also
has a wide orbit pattern.
All weapons can be slaved to sensors
that permit night or adverse weather operations. The AC-130U is a highly
integrated weapons system. Within the AC-130U resides the Battle
Management Center (BMC) where crew coordination is critical to the
success of their missions. This BMC consists of 5 crew stations: the
Navigator (Nav), Fire Control Officer (FCO), Electronic Warfare Officer
(EWO), and 2 Sensor Operators, who control the Infrared Detection Set
(IDS) and the All Light Level Television (ALLTV) systems.
To
enhance survivability, emphasis has been placed on increasing the
stand-off range of the gunship's weapons system and improving first-shot
accuracy. In addition, a set of electronic countermeasures has been
installed to help defend the AC-130U against modern threats. The AC-130U
gunship airframe is integrated with an armor protection system (APS).
Continuing
the distinguished combat history of side-firing AC-130 gunships, the
AC-130U Spooky gunship was fielded in the 1990s as a replacement for the
remaining AC-130A aircraft and to supplement the existing AC-130H
gunship fleet. Its mission was to support conventional and joint special
operations forces any time, any place. The AC-130U Gunship program
initially consisted of 13 (this was later increased to 17) new Lockheed
C-130H airframes, modified by Boeing, which assumed responsibility for
the AC-130U contract when it merged with the Rockwell Corporation, the
original contractor on the program. The modifications allowed the aircraft
to perform the full range of special operations and conventional
gunships missions. It provided surgical firepower, night and adverse
weather operations, and extended loiter time on target in Special
Operations Forces (SOF) and conventional roles. The AC-130U is named for
the AC-47D and has the "Spooky" nickname rather than the "Spectre"
nickname used by all other AC-130 gunships.
Two AC-130U Spooky
gunships of the 4th Special Operations Squadron arrived at Taegu Air
Base, South Korea on 24 October 1997, following a 36-hour nonstop
mission from Hurlburt Field, Florida. The mission brought members of the
4th Special Operation Squadron to participate in Foal Eagle 1997, an
annual Joint Chiefs of Staff exercise held throughout South Korea.
Members of the 6th Special Operations Squadron, the FID squadron, also
participated.
In August 1998, elements of the 4th Special
Operations Squadron returned from a deployment in the Bosnia-Herzegovina
area of operations. During the deployment, the AC-130U Spooky gunships
flown by the 4th Special Operations Squadron, completed more than 230
flights, providing close air support, interdiction and reconnaissance
for US and NATO troops implementing the Dayton Peace Accords.
Throughout
1998, Air Force Special Operations Command maintained a constant CSAR
alert posture as part of Operation Joint Guard, with aircraft and
personnel rotating from the 16th Special Operations Wing and 352nd
Special Operations Group to San Vito, Italy on a routine basis. This
role increased significantly in March 1999, during the crisis in Kosovo
and Operation Allied Force. Operation Allied Force witnessed the
employment of the AC-130U to provide armed reconnaissance. All told, Air
Force Special Operations Command's special operators and aircraft played a significant role in bringing the conflict in Kosovo to an end.
In
March 2011, AC-130U gunships were forward deployed as part of
operations to enforce a UN mandated no-fly zone and otherwise protect
civilians in Libya as part of Operation Odyssey Dawn.
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