Three U.S. Air Force A-10s were hit by Iraqi anti-aircraft fire on successive days during the battle for Baghdad. Of these, one was shot down, another made an emergency landing at an occupied base in southern Iraq and the last made it back to Kuwait with its hydraulics shot away. The pilot of the third aircraft, a captain identified only as "K.C.," recovered the aircraft from uncontrolled flight after being hit and flew back to base. Friends confide that K.C. stands for Killer Chick. She was one of two women piloting A-10s in the Iraq conflict.
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