There are few things more glorious than the furious BRRRT! of the A-10 Warthog's GAU-8/A Avenger 30mm autocannon laying the law on ground-based foes — and now we know exactly why the sound ...
The A-10, better known as the Warthog, has a rotary cannon called the GAU-8 Avenger that can sustain 600 revolutions and fire 4,200 rounds per minute. The gun can make short work of armored vehicles.
The A-10 Warthog, renowned for its resilience and heavy ground-attack capabilities, is now being phased out by the U.S. Air Force, with discussions of sending remaining airframes to Ukraine. Armed ...
A group of former Special Forces operators came armed with gun camera footage from an A-10 to describe in detail how the Warthog saved their lives during an ambush conducted by the Taliban against ...
Aircraft useful against insurgents and low-intensity conflicts are not necessarily the same as those useful against a peer-on ...
The Fairchild Republic A-10 “Warthog” with its 30 mm rotary cannon has captured the imagination of friendly soldiers and military aviation enthusiasts on the ground for as long as it’s been ...
The M61 is found on many US fighter jets, from the long-retired Convair F-106 Delta Dart and the F-111 Aardvark to the F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, F/A-18 Hornet, and F-22 Raptor. General Electric ...
Nicknamed the Warthog, the aircraft's time in the skies ... allowed to practice shooting the A-10's powerful Gatling gun. The A-10's Avenger cannon The A-10's seven-barrel cannon, capable of ...
"A badass airplane with a big gun on it." That's how Republican Congresswoman Martha McSally described the A-10 Warthog to President Donald Trump, as she told the Center for Strategic and ...
Martha McSally is a former U.S. Air Force colonel, as well as a former member of both the U.S. Senate and House.
Maj. Lindsay Johnson, who leads the Air Force's A-10 demo team, recalls exhibiting the Warthog's famed combat prowess as the ...