Lockheed Martin AC-130J Ghostrider - New US Air Force Air Support Plane
Lockheed Martin AC-130J Ghost Rider
Pakazosvika 2022, iyo US Air Force Special Operations Command inoronga kuunza makumi matatu nenomwe ndege dzekutsigira ndege, dzakasarudza iyo AC-37J Ghostrider, kushanda. Kusiyana nemhando dzekare, ivo vanotakura zvombo zvinotungamirirwa nendege senge mabhomba ehover uye makomba emhepo-ku-pasi. Chirongwa chekuda chinosanganisira kuvashongedza nezvombo zvelaser uye drones dzinoraswa dzekuona.
Muna 2010, United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) yakanga ine pfuti sere dzeAC-130H Specter uye pfuti gumi nenomwe AC-17U Spooky II. Hurongwa hwacho hwaive hwekutenga chikuva chitsva chaizopedzisira chatsiva zvese zvakasakara AC-130H uye pakupedzisira iyo diki AC-130U. Panguva iyoyo, United States Air Force (USAF), pamwe chete nemauto epasi, vakapinda muchirongwa chekubatana chekutenga ndege yeAlenia C-130J Spartan (JCA - Joint Cargo Aircraft). AFSOC yakanga yakazendamira pakuvaka vhezheni yakachipa yengarava yehondo inonzi AC-27J Stinger II pahwaro hwavo. Pakupedzisira, zvakadaro, nekubviswa kweUS Air Force kubva kuchirongwa cheJCA, pfungwa yekutenga zvikepe zvidiki-injini zvehondo zvakatadzawo.
Semhinduro yekuchinja, zvakabva zvasarudzwa kushandura ndege gumi neina dzakakosha dzekufambisa dzeMC-14W Combat Spear mhando kuti dzishandiswe sezvikepe zvehondo. AFSOC yakashandisa ruzivo rweMarine Corps (USMC) mukuita chirongwa cheHARVEST Hawk. Sechikamu chayo, Marine Corps yakagadzira modular package, nekuda kweiyo KC-130J tanker ndege inogona kuchinjirwa kuita misheni yekutsigira mhepo munguva pfupi.
Iyo MC-130W yakashongedzerwa neinonzi Precision Strike Package (PSP). Iyo PSP package ine imwe ATK GAU-23/A 30mm port cannon (yakakwidziridzwa vhezheni yeATK Mk 44 Bushmaster II cannon), maviri ari pasi pepiloni, Gunslinger system (gumi-barrel launcher yakaiswa pamashure ekurodha rampu ye ndege) yakaiswa pasi pekamuri yekuruboshwe yekumhara giya main musoro infrared kutungamira system
AN/AAQ-38 FLIR uye BMS (Battle Management System). Iyo Gunslinger launcher inokutendera iwe kutakura yakakwirira-chaiyo zvombo, zvinowanzozivikanwa seSOPGM (Stand-off Precision Guided Munitions), kureva, AGM-175 Griffin makomba uye GBU-44 / B Viper Strike glide mabhomba. Pamapiloni epasi, iyo MC-130W inogona kutakura sere AGM-114 Hallfire inotungamirwa mabhomba uye / kana masere GBU-39 SDB chaiyo mabhomba. Iyo AC-130W yakagadziridzwawo kuti ishande neJHMCS II (Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System) ngowani-yakaiswa aiming system. Iyo PSP-yakashongedzerwa MC-130W Combat Spear yakatanga kunzi AC-130W Dragon Spear, zvisinei ivo vakadaidzwa zviri pamutemo Stinger II muna Chivabvu 2012.
Yekupedzisira yegumi nemana AC-130Ws yakagamuchirwa neAFSOC munaGunyana 2013. Kutumirwa kweiyo AC-130W ndege yakaita kuti zvibvire kubvisa zvishoma nezvishoma yekare
AS-130N (yekupedzisira yakabviswa muna Chivabvu 2015) uye kuzadzazve kweAS-130U zvikepe. Nekudaro, sarudzo yakanangana yaive yekutenga chikuva chitsva chaizotsiva ese AC-130U uye "yenguva" AC-130W.
Mutasvi wemweya
Iwo achangoburwa ekurwisa helikopta akavakwa pahwaro hweHercules nyowani yeakakosha mabasa MC-130J Commando II. Ndege idzi dzakatanga kushanda munaGunyana 2011. Kondirakiti yemabhiriyoni mazana maviri nemazana mana emadhora yakasainwa naLockheed Martin inopa kutengwa kwendege makumi matatu nembiri yeMC-2,4J, inozonzi AC-32J kana yashandurwa kuita mabasa ehondo. Pakupedzisira, dziva rokutenga rakawedzerwa kusvika zvidimbu 130. MC-130J shanduko kuita AC-37J chiyero inoitwa paEglin Air Force Base muFlorida.
Muna Chivabvu 2012, ngarava yehondo itsva yakagamuchira zita repamutemo rekuti Ghostrider. Iyo Yekutanga Dhizaini Ongororo (PDR) yechirongwa cheAC-103J yakapedzwa munaKurume 2103. Ndege yakapfuura Operational Test Readiness Ongororo (OTRR) uye Final Critical Design Ongororo (CRT) mwedzi unotevera. Yekutanga AC-130J yakatanga musi wa31 Ndira 2014.
The Ghostrider yakareba 29,8 m, 11,8 m kureba uye ine mapapiro anosvika 40,4 m.Inokwanisa kusvika pakakwirira sirin'i ye8500 m nekuremerwa kwematani makumi maviri nerimwe. Max takeoff uremu
AC-130J inorema 74 kg. Ndege iyi inofambiswa neina Rolls-Royce AE 390 D2100 turboprop injini dzinogadzira 3 kW imwe neimwe. Injini dzakashongedzerwa neatanhatu-bladed Dowty propellers. Cruising kumhanya - 3458 km / h, nepo rwendo rwendege (pasina refueling mumhepo) - 660 km. Iyo Ghostrider inogona kuwedzera mumhepo nekuda kweUARRSI (Ubiversal Aerial Receptacle Slipway Installation) yakasimba boom refueling system. Ndege ine majenareta emagetsi ane simba re5500/48 kW, iyo inopa yakawedzera yakananga ikozvino, izvo zvinoita kuti zvikwanise kuita zvinogoneka zvemazuva ano uye kugadziridzwa kwendege mune ramangwana.
