# Damaged A-10 lands safely **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 4, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damaged-a-10-lands-safely/179638 "2003-06-04T16:44:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damaged-a-10-lands-safely/179638/1 "2003-06-04T16:44:05Z")
[http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Stories1/001-100/0016\_A-10-battle-damage/story0016.htm](http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Stories1/001-100/0016_A-10-battle-damage/story0016.htm) Wow. I know the A-10 is designed for this, but it is way cool when things work as designed. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damaged-a-10-lands-safely/179638/2 "2003-06-04T17:25:35Z")
You should see some photos of damaged B-17s that made it back. I remember a story about a P-47 that had over 100 bullet holes in it when it made it back. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damaged-a-10-lands-safely/179638/3 "2003-06-04T17:42:54Z")
Yep, them Warthogs are tough planes. Cool link. ---
**Author:** ![ouisey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc29f/32.png) [@ouisey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouisey)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damaged-a-10-lands-safely/179638/4 "2003-06-04T17:47:26Z")
A-10s are cool. I used to work with the 303rd Fighter Squadron out of Whiteman AFB, and got to hang around those planes a lot. Up in the cockpit, sitting on that huge gun :eek:, surrounded by all that titanium, made me wish I’d gone to school to be a pilot. Hella cool. ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damaged-a-10-lands-safely/179638/5 "2003-06-04T21:37:43Z")
Heard a story once (there could be a major BS factor here) from a Marine who claimed during Desert Storm to have seen and A-10 come out of Iraq streaming black smoke from one engine with body damage visible from the ground. Supposedly this Warthog took of fuel from a tanker, then performed a slow banking turn and proceeded back into the combat zone. I’ll believe the first part, but I have my doubts about the pilot heading back into combat on only one functioning engine. Still, considering some of the photos I saw during that war and this recent action in Iraq, you never know… More battle-damage pix found out on the web: [http://www.daveswarbirds.com/b-17/contents.htm](http://www.daveswarbirds.com/b-17/contents.htm) [http://www.pats-world.com/gulfwar/abdr-home.htm](http://www.pats-world.com/gulfwar/abdr-home.htm) ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damaged-a-10-lands-safely/179638/6 "2003-06-04T21:53:35Z")
A teammate of mine just got back from the Middle East. He’s a bomb loader for the 110th Fighter Wing in Battle Creek, MI, which also flies the A-10. Three planes from his wing got shot up back in April over Nasariya (yup, I spelled that wrong) with only one pilot needing to eject. That pilot landed only a mile from the Army forces moving toward the city. One of the others was barely hit by AAA fire, but the other that flew home had a big hole through one of the engines! My friend said it was really eerie to see a plane fly back with that much damage.