Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei pene - E waru nga rererangi AC-130H me te 17 AC-130U i te ratonga mahi-mahi mai i te Hurae 2010. I te Poutu-te-rangi 2011, i tohaina e te Air Force nga patu patu AC-130U e rua hei whakauru ki te Operation Odyssey Dawn, te whakauru hoia a US ki Libya
, i te mutunga ka uru ki raro i te NATO hei Operation Unified Protector.