Warthog A10 Chick over Baghdad...shot to heck and she still flew it home.
The Most Intense A-10 Warthog Footage Ever (Graphic)
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April 7th, 2003. A 28-year-old captain dives her A-10 Warthog through a wall of anti-aircraft fire over Baghdad — and a surface-to-air missile slams into her tail. Hydraulics gone. Controls dead. What she does next becomes one of the most legendary saves in modern aviation history.
In this video, we cover three of the most intense A-10 missions ever flown. Kim Campbell's hour-long fight to bring a crippled jet home on steel cables. Mike Hilkert's six-hour rescue over Kapisa, dodging nine surface-to-air missiles to shield a downed crew. And Karl Marks killing 23 Iraqi tanks in a single day during Desert Storm. All research, writing and editing was done by our team. Hope you enjoy.