U.S. Air Force loses A-10 Warthog attack jet near Hormuz

[Talyn]

A second United States Air Force combat aircraft crashed in the Persian Gulf region on Friday as rescue teams continued searching for a missing crew member from a downed F-15E Strike Eagle, according to two U.S. officials cited by The New York Times.

The second aircraft, an A-10 Thunderbolt II, went down near the Strait of Hormuz, and its pilot was safely rescued, the officials said.
The crash occurred around the same time that an F-15E was shot down over Iran, where one crew member has already been recovered and search teams continue looking for the second.

U.S. Air Force loses Warthog attack jet near Hormuz

A second United States Air Force combat aircraft crashed in the Persian Gulf region on Friday as rescue teams continued searching for a missing crew member from a downed F-15E Strike Eagle, according to two U.S. officials cited by The

defence-blog.com

 

[Ozarker]

Must have been from cannon fire to take down the flying tank........

 

[Talyn]

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A-10 Thunderbolt II Crashed Near the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Officials Tell NYT

Almost the same time as an F-15E Strike Eagle went down over Iran, the U.S. Air Force lost an A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft near the Strait of

theaviationist.com

 

[HayesGreener]

Ground fire, or mechanical failure? Those A10's are pretty long in the tooth.

 

[Ozarker]

Ground fire, or mechanical failure? Those A10's are pretty long in the tooth.

Seriously doubt mechanical failure, they have the glidepath of a hummingbird, fly with one engine, one elevator and half a wing missing and it can belly land like a walrus. The reason it has had more downed incidents is due to the close air support missions it flies, not from mechanical failures. Combat survivability is extremely high.

 

[Talyn]

Ground fire, or mechanical failure? Those A10's are pretty long in the tooth.

The News just reported it was from ground-fire.

Long-in-the-tooth has nothing to do with that it's likely a MANPADS hit that was sufficient to cause it to crash even though A-10's took heavy hits in Iraq and survived.

 

[KillerFord1977]

You can hide manpads and dshk’s in the back of a Hi Lux

 

[NMEDGE]

They still have guns or missiles that can shoot down aircraft.