The United States Air Force A-10 was designed as a Close Air Support aircraft, built around a potent armor-destroying 30 mm ...

On August 7, the USAF completed the first-ever automated landing of an GA-ASI MQ-9 Block 5 RPA, followed by the first auto-takeoff on August 9.

Airmen have started receiving the GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, a heavily-modified version of the shortened 5.56mm M16 derivative that U.S. service members once brandished in the 1960s as ...

As the ACES II ejection seat is fitted to the A-10, F-15, F-16, F-22, B-1, and B-2, presumably, all aircrew crewing those aircraft will be armed with GAU-5As if undertaking missions over extremist ...

GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon is a 5.56mm carbine designed to break down and fit inside a seat kit attached to ejection seats. (U.S. Air Force) The GAU 5A’s pistol grip is designed to fold ...

At the time of writing, the specialists from Global Firepower say the USAF has a total of some 13,000 aircraft in operation, of which over 1,900 are fighter planes and over 6,000 are helicopters.