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On April 7, 2003, at the height of Operation Iraqi Freedom, U.S. troops near Baghdad call for urgent close air support. Captain Kim “KC” Campbell takes her A-10 in at low altitude to cover a force engaged near a bridge in northern Baghdad.
On the way out from one of her attack runs, she flies into a concealed MANPADS ambush. A shoulder-fired missile strikes the tail, and the damage is immediate: both hydraulic systems fail, leaving the aircraft at zero pressure and barely controllable. In the middle of intense combat, over a hostile city, Campbell is forced into Manual Reversion — the A-10’s rare and dangerous emergency mode.
What follows is a documented account of an incident widely cited as a benchmark of the A-10’s survivability.

Sources:
Kim Campbell, Flying in the Face of Fear: A Fighter Pilot’s Lessons on Leading with Courage.
A-10 Pilot Hit Over 100 Times w/ Kim Campbell (BRRCC)
Flying the A-10 Warthog | Kim “KC” Campbell (Aircrew Interview)
A-10 pilot recalls close call in Baghdad (Military Times)
How “Killer Chick” Got Her Battle-Damaged A-10 Home (Ward Carroll)

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00:00 A-10 Warthogs air support in Iraq
01:56 Lt. Col. Rick Turner engages into battle
03:27 Capt. Kim Campbell’s first attack run
04:03 Second run against the Iraqi Republican Guard
05:22 Hydra-70
07:16 9K34 Strela-3 missile hits Campbell’s Warthog
09:04 Campbell activates MRFCS
10:45 Turner’s damage report
12:03 Al Jaber Air Base on the horizon
12:57 Successful landing

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