Caption:
An A-10 Thunderbolt II flies a close-air-support mission over
Afghanistan on Oct. 7. 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/Staff
Sgt. Aaron Allmon (RELEASED)
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