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US Air Force test shows the A-10 Warthog can take out modern tanks with armor improvements with its powerful cannon
Attack aircraft unleashed armor-piercing incendiary rounds against up-armored surrogate main battle…
Julie Coleman
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This Marine has one of the 'best jobs' in the Corps, and it sometimes involves firing 3,000 rounds a minute out of a helicopter
"Whenever Marines have Cobras and Hueys in the overhead, they know they are going to sleep well tha…
Ryan Pickrell
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Insane video shows what it's like to get shot at by the A-10 Warthog's 30mm Gatling gun
The A-10's GAU-8/A Avenger rotary canon fires 3,900 armor-piercing depleted uranium and high explos…
Daniel Brown
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We asked an A-10 pilot in Afghanistan what it's like to shoot the 30mm GAU 8 Gatling gun
US Air Force Senior Airman Corban Caliguire and Tech. Sgt. Aaron Switzer, 21st Special Tactics Squa…
Daniel Brown
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A Marine Corps F-35 was damaged by a round fired from the fighter's own cannon that exploded
The F-35's 25 mm cannon can fire over 3,000 rounds a minute. The military is still investigating wh…
Ryan Pickrell
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US Navy pilot rates 10 fighter-pilot scenes in movies
Vincent Aiello spent nearly 25 years in the US Navy as a fighter pilot. He rates the realism of fly…
Ju Shardlow
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Here's a rare look at what it's like for pilots firing the A-10 Warthog's legendary gun
The US Air National Guard recently released a video showing what its like to be in the cockpit…
Ben Brimelow
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Here's a friendly reminder of how big the A-10 Warthog's gun is
What you're looking at above is the biggest asset for, and the biggest argument against, the A-10 W…
Alex Lockie
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'A badass airplane with a big gun on it' - Congresswoman talks about flying the legendary A-10 Warthog
"In Afghanistan ... we used mostly the gun," said McSally, "It's a very precise weapon and it allow…
Alex Lockie
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Unusual photos show A-10 attack aircraft built to hunt tanks escorting a ballistic missile submarine
The aging A-10 Thunderbolt II, built for close-air support and anti-armor missions, has participate…
Jake Epstein
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gets powerful ships to confront adversaries well beyond the Persian Gulf
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) added missile corvettes and a mothership for specia…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Shooting down a suspected Chinese spy balloon could be a lot harder than it sounds, former Navy pilot says
"It's very difficult with what we have, because what we have was not meant to shoot down balloons,"…
Natalie Musumeci
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Ukraine doesn't need A-10 Warthogs that are 'slow' and 'vulnerable' to Russian air defenses, military adviser says
While the A-10 is a "great support" aircraft, a Ukrainian defense adviser says they need something …
Abbie Shull
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A rare appearance in a tough off-road race highlights the Green Berets' little-known method for getting into and out of hotspots
Green Beret mobility teams use the Ground Mobility Vehicle 1.1 to carry out their specialty: long-r…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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The Air Force is doing live-fire testing with its new helicopter, the Jolly Green II
The goal of the ground testing was to verify the weapons' functionality and accuracy and to demonst…
Samuel King, US Air Force
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Why the Soviet Union's nuclear-powered cruisers spooked the US into bringing back its battleships
With the possible exception of the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, no Russian warships are as i…
Benjamin Brimelow
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A-10 pilot reveals what it was like trying to land an attack aircraft that was literally falling apart around her
"I have never been so focused on a landing in my entire life," Capt. Taylor Bye told Insider of the…
Ryan Pickrell
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Elon Musk says the bizarre-looking new Cybertruck from Tesla was 'inspired by games like Halo' - here's how they compare
Tesla's new Cybertruck. You're forgiven for thinking the image above is little more than a concept …
Ben Gilbert
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The 'Ferrari' of US special-operations helicopters may soon be headed out of service
In the next five years, the Army and US Special Operations Command will have decide if the Little B…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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US Marines sailed through the Strait of Hormuz with an armored vehicle on the flattop's flight deck, ready to fight off Iranian gunboats
Commenting on why the Marines experimented with using armored vehicles on the flight decks of the a…