CNN: Missle barely misses C-130

[Cush]

Just heard it on Wolf, a Surface to Air Missle barely missed a US C-130.

[Kira]

1. what exactly is

a C130? :-)

[Rick Myers]

2. 4-engine turbo prop

Used for all sorts of missions, primarily a cargo aircraft, but this one was an AC-130 gunship. It has 20mm cannon, 40 mm cannon and a 105mm cannon aimed out the left side for attacking ground targets.

on edit: like this one

[Cush]

3. cargo/transport plane

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/mc-130p.htm

ITs mailny a cargo/transport aircraft, however there are 'gunship' versions.

My uncle flew the Gunship Version in Vietnam, mainly interdiction runs along the Ho Chi Mihn trail (sp). I think he said he flew around 105 sorties (missions)

[King_Crimson]

4. A four turbo-prop cargo plane...

mainly used for troop transport...however they put a gattling gun - cannon - in some and used them to attack Taliban forces in Afghanistan!

[Kira]

5. Thanks,

so were there suppose to have been soldiers on it?

[Rick Myers]

6. I think the typical crew is eight

Flight crew and gunners. Slow flying, in Vietnam when they landed at firebases the ground guys called them 'mortar bait.' AC-130's ARE equipped with flares to divert heat-seeking missiles.

[Gin]

7. Let's all get our passports ready...

Iraq is waiting for us as tourists. That will be the next disaster.