Serial | A10-122 | |||||||||||||||
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First Flight | 18.6.1978 | |||||||||||||||
Model | OA-10A Thunderbolt II | |||||||||||||||
Status | Written-off | |||||||||||||||
Comments | mod to OA-10A; w/o 27.2.1991 a/c was tasked with reconnaissance mission over Kuwait during 'Op Desert Storm.' hit by SAM and was attempting a landing at King Khalid Military City, Saudi Arabia, after losing all its hydraulics, in extreme weather conditions and with only one engine. On landing, the gear collapsed and the a/c cartwheeled wing tip over wing tip, flipped over on to its back, & burst into flames (with 23 TASS/602 TACW); | |||||||||||||||
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