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The A-10 Warthog is no plane – it’s a flying cannon

The A-10 Warthog was literally built around its GAU-8/A Avenger, a 30mm, seven-barrel cannon that spits depleted-uranium ...
The Aviationist on MSN

U.S. Air Force Inactivates A-10 Test Detachment

The 40th Flight Test Squadron’s Detachment 1, which executed A-10 developmental test operations, was officially inactivated as result of the jet’s ongoing ...
Defense One

The A-10 and F-35 competed in close air support tests years ago. The report just surfaced.

A newly emerged report offers a few new details on a test that compared the A-10 Thunderbolt II attack plane and the F-35 strike fighter, but raises more questions about the 5th-generation jet’s ...
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Remember the Only Two-Seat A-10 Warthog Ever, the All-Weather Night Striker of Apocalypse

In the early seventies, in the wake of the Vietnam defeat, the U.S. military realized the need for an effective close air support jet that could take a beating and deliver deadly blows without too ...