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Watch this aircraft rip through targets with raw firepower - "70 rounds per second"

The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, known as the Warthog, was built around its massive 30mm GAU-8 Avenger cannon, ...

Why the US Air Force is keeping 54 A-10 Warthogs flying after Operation Epic Fury

Even though the USAF has indicated it will keep three squadrons of Warthogs in service for a couple extra years, it doesn't change the calculous.