Air Force unleashes Ghostrider on Arkansas highway

The U.S. military is getting pretty good at landing big planes in what supposedly “non-traditional locations.” In early August, Special Tactics Airmen from the 1st Special Operations Wing landed an AC-130J Ghostrider on a remote stretch of Highway-63 near Bono, Arkansas.

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[scepticalbeliever]

Military usage of the highway was always one of the reasons why they built them in the first place

[jinjin]

I hope our airmen know they are bad asses and we are so proud of them!

[oldsarge]

These planes were perfect for the Vietnam war. I worked on a few in the day. Short landing and take offs make them very versatile.

[Soulessdeeds]

I just want to know how they found a Arkansas highway that wasn't in eternal road repairs.

[susanmcconnell]

LOVE THIS AIRCRAFT!!! ❤❤ It's one of the reasons my son went into the US Air Force for 22 years.

[casanova]

Is getting ready to catch The Blackout Dodge Charger .

[Doh]

Little Rock AFB has an assault strip painted like a highway that C-130s practice landing on. This has also been done for decades in Europe by NATO conuntries.

[ernestayo]

Those bad boys could shut down our Southern border in one week.

[mjk]

@ 1:00 - I like the backup camera on the plane.

[chucke.]

I still ask, WHY WHY WHY do we tell the world all our secrets? No one needs this information, period! We never learn!

[ljosephdumas]

Inaccurate title. If the AF had 'unleashed' Ghostrider on the highway there would no longer be a highway.

[HughGard-rccc]

Thanks to ike Eisenhower !..when the interstates were being laid out he demanded that every 5 miles there would be one mile of straight even highway for landing aircraft ..

[KuDastardly]

This is probably why the Hercules has remained still in use after 60 years. They were primarily designed to land and takeoff from makeshift runways. Onre time, they almost created a rocket variant designed to land and take off from a football field for a one-time operation.

[skyelord]

In South Korea the billboards along the highway can fold down to allow large wingspan aircraft to land on their highways.

[glorybound]

We were doing this in South Korea 🇰🇷 40 years ago with runway markings on major highways and portable control towers.

[perrylc]

So they are planning on having battles here in the USA.

[KentonJoseph]

According to the press release it was in case of a New Madrid earthquake it will use interstate 55 as landing strip to bring in equipment and take out injured.

[Endless_Jaguar]

I guess that landing C-130s in dirt fields is like Winning Wars.
The military just isn't allowed to do that anymore.

[towoperations]

How many other people thought he said 'Fart'? 🤣🤣

[johnmongoose]

And the ASP quickly executed a pit maneuver.