The Sea Wiz is the affectionate nickname given to a 20mm Vulcan Cannon on board the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier. It fires 4,500 rounds a minute, can hit a target five miles away and has ...

During a training exercise involving two F-16's over the island of Vlieland on Jan. 21, one pilot opened fire with the Vulcan cannon ... feet while firing his 20mm cannon. At one point he thought ...

The M134 GAU-17 “Vulcan” cannon is a six-barreled ... In 1956 the gun was standardized as the M61 20mm cannon and entered service with both the United States Army and Air Force.

Designed as a supersonic air superiority fighter, the F-104 Starfighter was a technological marvel when it first took to the sky in the 50s. Armed with a six-barrel M-61 20mm Vulcan cannon, ...

Initially lacking an internal gun, it was later equipped with a 20mm M61 Vulcan cannon to enhance dogfighting capabilities. -The F-4 also served effectively in ground-attack roles but faced ...