A-10 Warthog Aircraft Battle Damage Repair

In Memory of: ABDR Statistics A-10 Inventory A-10 Specs Tent City-KFIA Tent City-KKMC England AFB There I Was CLSS Alumni Cartoons Links Guestbook (Guestbook Archives) Home	2951 & 652 CLSS Alumni - Register! Inventory of Desert Storm A-10's The A-10 Thunderbolt II "Warthog" is the only aircraft in USAF history designed specifically for the close air support mission. 165 of the most recognizable and feared aircraft from five separate units participated in Operation Desert Storm, although the 354th Provisional Wing employed only 144 at a time. The others were replacements for aircraft damaged or destroyed. Together, these A-10/OA-10 aircraft conducted more than 8,100 sorties, maintained a 95.7 percent mission capable rate, five percent above A-10 peacetime rates, had the highest sortie rate of any USAF aircraft, and destroyed or killed more than 4,200 tanks, artillery pieces, and other targets. Often exposed to withering anti-aircraft fire and surface-to-air missile threats the slow, highly maneuverable A-10's incurred extensive combat battle damage during Desert Storm. Five A-10s were lost in action, another destroyed attempting to land at KKMC Forward Operating Location, nearly twenty more sustained significant battle damage and many othere incurred minor damage. In all, roughly half (about 70) of the total A-10 force supporting Desert Storm suffered some type of battle damage, and six brave A-10 pilots lost their lives. Our 652nd Combat Logistics Support Squadron (CLSS) role was to repair battle damaged A-10's to get them back into the war. My job as an ABDR Assessor was to evaluate repairs required and prioritize repairs In addition to A-10 battle damage repairs however, we also performed major depot level repairs on the A-10, as well as battle and peace-time repairs on the F-16, F-4, C-130, C-5 aircraft, and a couple trucks and front-end loaders as well.

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2951 & 652 CLSS Alumni - Register! Inventory of Desert Storm A-10's

The A-10 Thunderbolt II "Warthog" is the only aircraft in USAF history designed specifically for the close air support mission. 165 of the most recognizable and feared aircraft from five separate units participated in Operation Desert Storm, although the 354th Provisional Wing employed only 144 at a time. The others were replacements for aircraft damaged or destroyed.

Together, these A-10/OA-10 aircraft conducted more than 8,100 sorties, maintained a 95.7 percent mission capable rate, five percent above A-10 peacetime rates, had the highest sortie rate of any USAF aircraft, and destroyed or killed more than 4,200 tanks, artillery pieces, and other targets.

Often exposed to withering anti-aircraft fire and surface-to-air missile threats the slow, highly maneuverable A-10's incurred extensive combat battle damage during Desert Storm. Five A-10s were lost in action, another destroyed attempting to land at KKMC Forward Operating Location, nearly twenty more sustained significant battle damage and many othere incurred minor damage. In all, roughly half (about 70) of the total A-10 force supporting Desert Storm suffered some type of battle damage, and six brave A-10 pilots lost their lives.

Our 652nd Combat Logistics Support Squadron (CLSS) role was to repair battle damaged A-10's to get them back into the war. My job as an ABDR Assessor was to evaluate repairs required and prioritize repairs In addition to A-10 battle damage repairs however, we also performed major depot level repairs on the A-10, as well as battle and peace-time repairs on the F-16, F-4, C-130, C-5 aircraft, and a couple trucks and front-end loaders as well.



79-0181 Destroyed!	80-0186 Repaired	82-0664 Repaired	76-0540 Repaired (Resto)	77-0255 Repaired	77-0197 Destroyed!	F-16C 88-0488 Repaired	F-4 89-0571 Destroyed!	C-130 Repaired