Re:Dark spot under cockpit of A-10s
by protomyth on Thursday March 06, 2014 @11:09AM
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Given it was designed as a tank killer, but it has done an amazing job of supporting our ground troops in a way the F-35 is never going to fulfill. The amount of time and continued fire support it can give has not been matched.
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Not to mention the robustness of that damned machine...
> The aircraft is designed to fly with one engine, one tail, one elevator, and half of one wing missing.
This is almost certainly the military equivalent of an urban legend, but I remember hearing a story once about an A-10 that ate an anti-aircraft missile. The missile entered the engine nacelle. I don't know whether the missile detonated or not, but, according to the story, the plane turned around, flew back to base, ground crew replaced the engine, and the plane returned to service.