Jets & Planes but no UAV's here.

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Originally Posted by WilliamB

From the August issue of AirForces magazine. The U.S. Air Force has retired their last four AC-130U gunships (unit 786). A farewell fly past took place at Hurlburt AFB in Florida on June 3rd and the last AC-130U left Hurlburt for the storage facility at Davis-Monthan AFB on June 26. Nothing in the article about a replacement aircraft.

The AC-130W Stinger II was introduced in Nov 2010 and is armed with even better targeting systems, a single 30mm gattling gun, and precision guided munitions (SDBs, presumably Hellfires, and such).