Air Force Airman 1st Class Joel Balmforth, 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron armament member, removes the mid-barrel support assembly from a GAU-8/A Gatling gun for cleaning and inspection at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Oct. 24, 2016. The first in-flight testing of the weapon system took place on Feb. 26, 1974.

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