Screenshot/US Navy The following video shows A-10 Warthogs firing 2.75″ rockets and 30mm ammunition during a live fire exercise at Red Flag Alaska June 11-21, 2018 in Alaska. The video is pretty short and along with some cool cockpit footage it gives a pretty good idea about what the sound of a GAU-8 Avenger 30 […]
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How an Air Force pilot landed a damaged A-10 Warthog using just ‘cranks and cables’ after an Iraq War combat mission
US Air Force DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. (AFNS) — Maj. 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. While deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, then-Capt. Campbell […]