What makes the aging A-10 Warthog a favorite among U.S. ground ... (I would hate to be that single target.) This gun can fire all kinds of ammunition, too – everything from armor-piercing ...

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 Thunderbolt II, commonly called the "Warthog," is basically a flying gun. It is built around the 30 mm GAU-8 Avenger, a powerful cannon able to fire at a rate of roughly 4,000 rounds per ...

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.

Despite modern advancements in the F-35, the A-10's ability to loiter, endure ground fire ... came armed with gun camera footage from an A-10 to describe in detail how the Warthog saved their ...

The last A-10 Thunderbolt II combat squadron has been retired at Tucson’s Davis-Monthan Air Force Base amid a shift to a new ...

A large association of battlefield target spotters has written to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to oppose the planned retirement of A-10 Warthog strike ... the “friendly fire” deaths of ...

Kim Campbell, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot here, shared her story with Women's History Month luncheon guests March 15, 2010, about a mission in which her A-10 was hit by enemy fire over Baghdad.

There are over 1,000 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets on order for the U.S. Air Force, but it is not one of the top 3 in active ...

50-caliber machine gun, which can fire off between 450--575 rounds per minute. "OD green does not a Warthog make," Herrera says in the video. "Of course, we had to add the turret." We appreciate ...

Various guns were used, until a true dueling pistol was officially standardized in 1777, as "a 9 or 10 inch ... could fire 7 shots in 15 seconds. But the Army didn't want a repeating gun, fearing ...