Impressive images of U.S. A-10 Warthogs firing 30mm gun on range. In Romania.

April 2, 2015 Russia, Troubled Areas, War in Ukraine
David Cenciotti

Theater Security Package A-10s are pretty busy in eastern Europe.

Twelve U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II jets assigned to the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron involved in a theater security package deployment in eastern Europe have arrived at at Campia Turzii, Romania.

A-10s deploy to Romania for Operation Atlantic Resolve

A-10s deploy to Romania for Operation Atlantic Resolve

A-10s deploy to Romania for Operation Atlantic Resolve

On Apr. 1, the aircraft conducted live firing activity on the nearby range, where they could use the 30mm  rotary cannon against dummy vehicles.

A-10s deploy to Romania for Operation Atlantic Resolve

A-10s deploy to Romania for Operation Atlantic Resolve

The effect of their GAU-8 Avenger 30 mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-type (the same heavily used to attack ISIS targets in Syria and Iraq) on the ground targets is pretty impressive as the images in this post show.

A-10s deploy to Romania for Operation Atlantic Resolve

A-10s deploy to Romania for Operation Atlantic Resolve

 

A-10s deploy to Romania for Operation Atlantic Resolve

The A-10 Thunderbolts are involved in the “Dacian Thunder 2015”, a long exercise taking place in Romania from the end of March to July.

A-10s deploy to Romania for Operation Atlantic Resolve

U.S. and Romanian air forces are conducting joint training aimed to strengthen interoperability and demonstrate the countries’ shared commitment to the security and stability of Europe amid tensions with Russia. Not far from Ukraine, Crimea and Moldova.

A-10s deploy to Romania for Operation Atlantic Resolve

Image credit: U.S. Air Force

 

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David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.

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  3. Bring back the Lizard Paint scheme and deploy 100 of them to bases all over Europe. Then, instead of calling them CAS aircraft call them “Counter Insurgency/Hybrid Warfare Aircraft”. This way the next time Uncle Putin tries to pull another Ukraine we have the best platform available to put down such an effort.
    It is a real shame Air Farce brass is pulling the plug on this magnificent machine of death.

    I have loaded, cleaned, installed, troubleshooted and cleared jams on that amazing gun. It is incredibly simple yet genious in how it operates. It is super reliable and easy to take care of. Any 2W1 worth his salt knows and loves this gun.

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