The General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-style autocannon that is primarily mounted in the United States Air Force's Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II.

JDAM is a guided air-to-surface weapon that uses either the 2,000-pound BLU-109/MK 84, the 1,000-pound BLU-110/MK 83 or the 500-pound BLU-111/MK 82 warhead as the payload. JDAM enables employment of accurate air-to-surface weapons against high priority fixed and relocatable targets from fighter and bomber aircraft.

joint direct attack munitions gbu 31/32/38 Mission The Joint Direct Attack Munition is a guidance tail kit that converts existing unguided free-fall bombs into accurate, adverse weather "smart" munitions.

The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts unguided bombs, or "dumb bombs", into all-weather precision-guided munitions (PGMs). JDAM-equipped bombs are guided by an integrated inertial guidance system coupled to a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, giving them a published range of up to 15 nautical miles (28 km).

On October 29, 2004, Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34 of Carrier Air Wing 17, embarked aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67), dropped the Navy's first two 500-pound GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack...

gbu-31/32/38 jdam Joint Direct Attack Munition is a GPS/INS-guided, autonomous, all-weather surface attack weapon. The joint USAF-Navy program upgrades the existing inventory of general-purpose bombs by adding a GPS/INS guidance kit for accurate all-weather attack from medium/high altitudes.

May 28, 2024 · There are few airplanes as iconic as the U.S. Air Force’s A-10 Warthog, and one very big, both figurative and literal, reason for that lies in its massive armor- shredding 30mm gatling gun that sprouts from its chin — the GAU-8-A Avenger cannon.

The AN/GAU-8 Avenger 30mm gun system was specifically built to serve as a Close Air Support "Tank Buster" for the U.S. Air Force.

Apr 16, 2021 · Everybody knows the GAU-8 Avenger, the famous 30-millimeter rotary cannon mounted on the American A-10 attack aircraft. A Soviet counterpart to that weapon is a lot less known, despite being, arguably, a more powerful gun. The problem was, all that power acted to the detriment of the weapon.

Jul 18, 2017 · Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) are an all-weather smart munition meant to improve ground striking capabilities during bad weather conditions (e.g. smoke, dust, fog, clouds which are causing difficulties for the LGB seekers to keep the laser lock).