Video Shows A-10 Demo Team Pilot performing Training BRRRRRTTTTTTT Run

Video Shows A-10 Demo Team Pilot performing Training BRRRRRTTTTTTT Run

By Dario Leone
Oct 24 2019
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Although he is assigned to the A-10 Demo Team, Captain Cody “ShIV” Wilton still maintains his combat mission readiness.

Taken on Apr. 24, 2018 the cool video in this post shows USAF Captain Cody “ShIV” Wilton, A-10 Demo Team commander/pilot, performing strafe runs with the aircraft’s seven-barrel GAU-8/A Avenger 30 mm Gatling gun during a demonstration exercise in Arizona.

Although he is assigned to the A-10 Demo Team, Wilton still maintains his combat mission readiness.

The GAU-8 itself weighs 620 pounds (280 kg), but the complete weapon, with feed system and drum, weighs 4,029 pounds (1,828 kg) with a maximum ammunition load.

It measures 19 ft 5 1⁄2 in (5.931 m) from the muzzle to the rearmost point of the ammunition system, and the ammunition drum alone is 34.5 inches (88 cm) in diameter and 71.5 inches (1.82 m) long.

Power for operating the gun is provided by twin hydraulic motors pressurized from two independent hydraulic systems.

Video Shows A-10 Demo Team Pilot performing Training BRRRRRTTTTTTT Run
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The magazine can hold 1,174 rounds, although 1,150 is the typical load due to the 575 round capacity of the loading cart.

Muzzle velocity when firing Armor-Piercing Incendiary rounds is 1,013 m/s, almost the same as the substantially lighter M61 Vulcan’s 20 mm round.

Watch A-10 Demo Team Pilot performing Training BRRRRRTTTTTTT Run
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The A-10 is the Air Force’s premier close air support aircraft, providing invaluable protection to troops on the ground.  The Air Combat Command A-10C Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team, stationed out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, brings the aircraft to air shows around the country to showcase the unique combat capabilities of the A-10 “Warthog.” They perform precision aerial maneuvers while highlighting the mission and professionalism of the men and women of the United States Air Force. Additionally, the team brings attention to the Air Force’s proud history by flying formations with historical aircraft in the Air Force Heritage Flight.


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Dario Leone

Dario Leone

Dario Leone is an aviation, defense and military writer. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviation Geek Club” one of the world’s most read military aviation blogs. His writing has appeared in The National Interest and other news media. He has reported from Europe and flown Super Puma and Cougar helicopters with the Swiss Air Force.

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