Designed for all-weather, night attacks, the two-seat YA-10B was meant to counter Soviet Cold War armor tactics, but only one ...

In our latest installment of 'TWZ TV,' we take a look back at the A-10 Warthog's defining weapon, the 30mm GAU-8A Avenger cannon. Early on it wasn't all roses for the Warthog's iconic big gun ...

The Warthog, is a simple and tough twin-engine jet that was built around the enormous cannon mounted in its nose.

Summary and Key Points: In the twilight of the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force explored replacing the A-10 Thunderbolt II, known for its 30mm GAU-8 Avenger cannon, with a variant of the F-16, dubbed ...

But inevitably, the 30mm GAU-8 Avenger, which was still in development, would be installed on whichever of the two planes the Air Force chose. Fairchild’s YA-10A took a very different—and ...

That’s because the A-10 is built around a massive 30mm GAU-8 Avenger cannon that puts lethality and endurance over speed or stealth. Born out of the hard lessons learned from the Vietnam War ...