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The Sound Of Death • A-10 Warthogs Fire Rockets & GAU-8

U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II (Warthog) attack planes fire 2.75" rockets and the deadly GAU-8 Avenger gun at exercise Red Flag-Alaska 18-2 near Eielson Air Force Base on June 21, 2018. Units - ...
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A Look at the Engineering and Maintenance of the A-10’s GAU-8/A Cannon

The United States Air Force A-10 was designed as a Close Air Support aircraft, built around a potent armor-destroying 30 mm rotating barrel cannon known as the Avenger. Known as the A-10 ‘Thunderbolt ...