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WATCH Unreleased A-10 Warthog Footage Shows 30mm Cannon in Action Against Enemy Vehicles

Summary by World War Wings
On January 24, 2018, a U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II flew a combat mission over Kandahar province in Afghanistan that highlighted the aircraft’s core strength: its massive 30 mm GAU-8/A Avenger cannon. This strike targeted an armed vehicle fleeing the scene of an attack, showing how the A-10 continues to play a role in modern close air support, decades after it first entered service. The Mission Over Kandahar That winter, A-10s were redeplo…
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World War Wings broke the news in on Tuesday, January 13, 2026.
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