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The F-4 Phantom Has the World’s Only Gun Kill at Supersonic Speed
With a top speed of Mach 2.2, the F-4’s defining characteristic was world-record speed. Can you name the most widely produced U.S. supersonic military aircraft ever? Answer: the McDonnell Douglas F-4 ...
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The US Marine Corps' F-35B fires with a gun pod for the first time
An curved arrow pointing right. The US Marine Corps' F-35B fired its gun pod for the first time while flying. With 220-rounds of 25 mm firepower, the F-35 with the gun pod is a powerful asset for ...
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Marines' F-35 fires 80-round burst from its gun pod for first time
On July 6 at the Naval Air Station at Patuxent River in Maryland, US Marines carried out the first successful test of the F-35B's GAU-22 gun pod. Five days later, the gun pod fired its first 80 ...