Flying and Landing a Busted, Shot-Up Plane

April 23, 2020 00:48:27
Flying and Landing a Busted, Shot-Up Plane
The Spear
Flying and Landing a Busted, Shot-Up Plane

Apr 23 2020 | 00:48:27

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Show Notes

In this episode of The Spear, US Air Force Col. Kim Campbell joins to share a story from 2003. A career A-10 pilot, during one mission in the opening weeks of the war in Iraq she felt and heard an explosion. She knew immediately that she had been hit. Listen as she explains what happened that day and how she responded when she suddenly found herself flying a heavily damaged aircraft.

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