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A-10
"Warthog" |
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| A couple
of A-10 Warthogs from Barksdale AFB, Louisiana were showing teeth
at the show. |
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"A face
only a mother could love".
The Warthog was literally built around the General Electric GAU-8/A
Avenger 30mm cannon and 1,350 round drum. The cannon has a firing rate
of 42,000 round/sec. Each armor piercing incendiary (API) round is 11.4
in. (290mm) long and weighs an impressive 2.05lb (930g). |
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| Although the Warthog is
one of the slower flying aircraft in the show, it refuses to be outdone
by the "fast movers". It's amazing agility is apparent
as it tuns and jinks over the airfield. It also made several pyrotechnic assisted attack runs to simulate
a bit of the Absolute Hell that it can release on it's prey during a real engagement. |
