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jmowreader

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31. One of the hardest aircraft we have to shoot down

Reply to FarPoint (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 06:30 PM

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On April 7, 2003, one being flown by Captain Kim Campbell, US Air Force, got shot to shit by the Iraqis. They managed to shoot "hundreds" of holes in the airframe, shoot off a large part of the horizontal stabilizer and destroy both hydraulic systems...but after an hour in the air she landed safely at her air base.

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