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[Rods2]

Close air support training missions in an A10. I've always been a fan of the '23mm ruin a tank commander's day Gatling gun'. The video of a couple of Hellfire launches is also interesting.

http://theaviationist.com/2015/05/09/go-pro-a-10c-video-25fs/

[BazaJT]

From what I remember reading basically they picked the gun then designed the aircraft around it.Engines were sited where they were to protect them from ground fire and the cockpit "tub"heavily armoured for the same reason.Apparently it can only fire in very short burst as the recoil if fired for too long can actually stall the aircraft.Could of course be wrong on all counts but sure I've read all that somewhere or other.Is the A10 not also called the Warthog?

[tigers_gonads]

From what I remember reading basically they picked the gun then designed the aircraft around it.Engines were sited where they were to protect them from ground fire and the cockpit "tub"heavily armoured for the same reason.Apparently it can only fire in very short burst as the recoil if fired for too long can actually stall the aircraft.Could of course be wrong on all counts but sure I've read all that somewhere or other.Is the A10 not also called the Warthog?

Picked the gun .............. Basically yes 
There was 2 aircraft that flew off against each other.
The Norhrop YA9, which wasn't picked but the Soviet Su 25 Frogfoot ended up looking very similar  and the Fairchild YA10.

The armorer tub which the cockpit sits in is apparently 23mm cannon proof but don't ask me to test it 

Iirc, it was normal practice to open up the throttles fully unless in a steep dive when firing the GAU 8 so that the aircraft doesn't indeed stall.

Engines indeed placed like that for damage limitation purposes but also to help (with the help of the tailplane / rudder) to shield the exhausts Infra Red signature from MANPAD type systems on the ground 

[Rods2]

Never been loved as an aircraft by the Pentagon, who have wanted to retire it and use something shiny, new and inappropriate in the CAS role like the F35.

Sen John McCain as head of the armed forces committee has been the rallying point for congress to vote funds each time so far to keep it in service. Currently being used in Iraq against ISIS, where it is a very good counter insurgency aircraft.

[powerslinky]

Bugger . . .A10    ... I was thinking this was gonna be about a BSA Road Rocket or even a Rocket Gold Star   

[LC0112G]

Close air support training missions in an A10. I've always been a fan of the '23mm ruin a tank commander's day Gatling gun'. The video of a couple of Hellfire launches is also interesting.

http://theaviationist.com/2015/05/09/go-pro-a-10c-video-25fs/

It's actually a 30mm 7 barrel Gattling gun.

There are 12 Arizona based A-10's deployed in Europe at the moment - I think they are in Bulgaria/Romania currently, but are due up in the Baltics shortly.

[Ever Ready]

A formidable beast indeed

Good old General Electric made the 30mm GAU-8 Gatling type gun

Wonder if they made their light bulbs in the same plant

Certainly would not like to be facing the business end of a Warthog

[Vamps]

Bugger . . .A10    ... I was thinking this was gonna be about a BSA Road Rocket or even a Rocket Gold Star