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U.S. Air Force weapon loaders assigned to the 122nd Fighter Wing load a General Electric GAU/8 Avenger 30mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel autocannon on an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan May 20, 2018. The Thunderbolt II can employ a wide variety of conventional munitions, including general purpose bombs, cluster bomb units, laser guided bombs, joint direct attack munitions or JDAM, wind corrected munitions dispenser or WCMD, AGM-65 Maverick and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, rockets, illumination flares, and the GAU-8/A 30mm cannon, capable of firing 3,900 rounds per minute to defeat a wide variety of targets including tanks. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Corey Hook)
| Date Taken: | 05.20.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 06.05.2018 03:51 |
| Photo ID: | 4428047 |
| VIRIN: | 180520-F-ZU607-0472 |
| Resolution: | 5568x3712 |
| Size: | 4.3 MB |
| Location: | KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, AF |
| Web Views: | 310 |
| Downloads: | 56 |
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