Battle Damage of the Gulf War
The A-10 "Warthog"
was the most heavily damaged aircraft of the campaign due to
it's low and slow flying mission. They'd circle areas making them extremely vulnerable to ground fire and surface to air missiles. Due to the severe
damage, a couple of aircraft listed below didn't come home with us. We stripped'm of parts and buried them in the Saudi desert. The rest were
repaired, some more than once, and sent back to action. Some of the repairs were major depot level repairs, such as Center Wing splits and Outer Wing
replacements not thought possible in the field. But the 2951st CLSS proved they were possible... and successful!
A-10 Major Battle Damage
F-16 Battle
Damage: 88-0488
F-4
Battle Damage: 69-0571
(destroyed)
C-130
Battle Damage: KAF 325
Summary of Gulf Conflict U.S. Air Force Battle Damage and
Repair (not a complete list)
Aircraft,
Tail Number, Date of Incident, Unit, Severity Description of Damage, Repair
Time, Event Number, Footnote
A-10 81 0964
17 Jan 91 10TFW Damaged Hole left wing leading edge, also in mid spar web. 5 m/h
est E 5
A-10 82 0664 17 Jan 91 354TFW Damaged Small calibre holes, 2 severed hydraulic
lines, front spar web damage. Pilot interview indicates overnight fix, 2 m/h est
on AFTO 97 E 4 4
A-10 79 0182 23 Jan 91 23TFW Damaged Left leading edge wing, 5 6 dime size
punctures. 0.25 m/h (est) on AFT0 97 using speed tape E 12
A-10 82 0664 28 Jan 91 354TFW Damaged Holes in honeycomb, left elevator, and
left horizontal stab. 0.5 m/h F 25
A-10 78 0715 29 Jan 91 354TFW Damaged #5 Pylon broke off, couple of small holes
in engine and stab. 0.30 m/h (est) E 16
A-10 76 0547 31 Jan 91 23 TASS Damaged Flack damage on left windscreen. 30 m/h
est E 19
A-10 78 0686 31 Jan 91 354TFW Damaged 8" gouge in vert stab. 2 m/h (est) F 31
A-10 76 0450 31 Jan 91 926TFG Damaged Vert tail, horz tail, aft fuselage, both
wings, left engine cowling. 2 weeks to recover to MOB and then cannibalized E 18
A-10 77 0268 31 Jan 91 926TFW Damaged Shrapnel damage in left cockpit area, rt
engine, 37MM AAA. about 79 m/h (est), no data on when completed F 32 5
A-10 80 0186 1 Feb 91 23TFW Damaged Front windscreen below HUD." R&R front
windscreen, 24 hour cure E 20
A-10 78 0715 1 Feb 91 354TFW Damaged Minor flak damage left engine inlet wing.
Speed tape flying next morning, 1.0 hour to repair F 33
A-10 79 0248 2 Feb 91 23TFW Lost F 34
A-10 78 0675 2 Feb 91 354TFW Damaged Wing fence and pylon damage. Speedtape, 1.8
m/h est F 35
A-10 77 0255 5 Feb 91 354TFW Damaged Large holes left wing, left engine, right
tail. 4 5 days, 174.5 m/h est F 36
A-10 82 0664 6 Feb 91 354TFW Damaged Struck between Station 9 and right gear
pod, hydraulics lost. no data F 24
A-10 79 0206 11 Feb 91 23TFW Damaged Rt engine F.O.D, shrapnel. 13.5 m/h, system
23 only F 28
A-10 80 0186 15 Feb 91 23TFW Damaged Hits both rudders, right elevator gone. 11
days 2 weeks, 139 m/h F 23
A-10 78 0722 15 Feb 91 354TFW Lost F-37
A-10 79 0130 15 Feb 91 354TFW Lost F-38
A-10 79 0181 22 Feb 91 23TFW Lost F-29
A-10 80-0166 25 Feb 91 23TFW Left engine AAA fire
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