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November 30, 2020 Interesting Video Shows Nighttime Operations Near Area 51 Military Aviation
November 29, 2020 Let’s Talk About All The B-70 Valkyrie Variants Envisioned For The Mach 3 Superbomber Prior To Cancellation Military Aviation
November 27, 2020 Take A Look At This Documentary About The Skunk Work’s History And The Birth Of The SR-71 Blackbird Military Aviation
November 27, 2020 Check Out These New Photos Of The Italian F-35A and B Flying Together In “Beast Mode” For The First Time F-35
November 26, 2020 Italian Air Force F-35A and F-35B Fly In “Beast Mode” For The Very First Time F-35

Watch an A-10 Thunderbolt II Put Four Cannon Rounds on Target with Amazing Precision

February 8, 2018 Tom Demerly

Video Shows One Reason Proponents Say A-10’s Heavy Gun Still Remains Relevant. Arguments about weapons systems tend to be circular and hard to win. The discussion about close air support, the retirement of the aging […]

This GAU-8/A Avenger 30 mm gun firing test footage is pretty impressive

January 8, 2016 Dario Leone

Another cool “brttttttttt video.” Filmed throughout acceptance trials for a new lot of ammunition, this impressive clip shows a GAU-8/A Avenger Gatling Gun firing from a test stand. What makes this video interesting is the […]