The GAU-5A is a modified M4 carbine designed to keep aircrews alive in emergencies. The weapon was rebuilt to fit in the storage compartments of ejection seats. In emergencies, the GAU-5A can be ...

However, the GAU-5A doesn’t use proprietary parts developed solely for the GAU-5. Perhaps due to the need to urgently field the rifles, many commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) parts were used on ...

The cannon itself was designated the GAU-13, and the podded system it would be carried in was designated the GPU-5. The USAF program that developed it was called "Pave Claw" and General Dynamics ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has completed the rollout of a new 5.56 mm rifle to most of its pilots flying in ejection-seat aircraft, the service announced in mid-February. The GAU-5A Aircrew Self ...

Such experiences may be relatively common among users of modern, large turbofan engines, but not in the US Air Force's C-5 Galaxy community until last year. Twelve months ago, the USAF started ...

Aoki, a Vegas resident superstar DJ and resident, in fact, is to perform at 3 p.m. from Toshiba Plaza before Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena. Aoki’s performance will conclude ...

The only sin the Northrop F-5 twin-engined light fighter ever committed ... But here in the States, only one squadron of the USAF still operates the type as a mock aggressor squadron.