Pilot's Narrow Escape: How This A-10 Came Dangerously Close to Being Shot Down!

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Pilot's Narrow Escape: How This A-10 Came Dangerously Close to Being Shot Down!

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Operation Allied Force commenced on 24 March 1999. It was a NATO operation against Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. One of NATO aircraft heavily involved, although not necessarily in the spotlight was A-10. Taking off from Aviano and later Gioia del Colle in Italy, pilots of this aircraft performed not only strike missions but also vital Forward Air Control (Airborne) and Combat Search and Rescue.
On 2 May 1999, Major Phil 'Goldie' Haun was flying a FAC(A) sortie over Eastern Kosovo. Problems with SEAD support made his mission very challenging but ground defenses would prove to be the greatest challenge.
Sources:
- A-10s Over Kosovo The Victory of Airpower Over a Fielded Army as Told by Those Airmen Who Fought in Operation Allied Force
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- Bojan Dimitrijević & Jovica Draganić - Operation Allied Force Volume 1 - Air War over Serbia 1999
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@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

NEW INFO: One of my viewers from Serbia, Andrija Kostic happens to be a neighbor of the man who hit the American A-10. It was Sergeant (vodnik) Zoran Karcic who operated Strela 1-M (SA-9 Gaskin). He is still in active military service today. / NOVE INFORMACIJE: Moj gledatelj iz Srbije, Andrija Kosrić igrom slučaja je susjed čovjeka koji je pogodio američki A-10. Radi se o tadašnjem vodniku Zoranu Karčiću koji je bio operater sistema Strela 1-M (SA-9 Gaskin). Još uvijek je u aktivnoj vojnoj službi.

@JohnThreeSixteen918 9 ай бұрын

The inevitable question is... did Karcic claim a downed A10...? Did the Serbians know/realize at the time that the A10 "pissed on their parade" as the saying goes.

@danairbus82 5 ай бұрын

Flying tank the A-10! Who else sits in a titanium bathtub when operating their aircraft? WartHog all the way! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrtttttt

@veritasardens6547 2 жыл бұрын

Got to love the A-10's ability to take a punch and still fly back long enough for the pilot to reach friendly airspace, in this case the pilot even managed to land it smoothly.

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

And very surprisingly, he even brought back all of the payload.

@veritasardens6547 2 жыл бұрын

@@showtime112 did any of the A-10s get damaged so badly in the war that it crashed?, no?, right?

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

@@veritasardens6547 Nope!

@TheGranicd 2 жыл бұрын

Several more got hit according to book "A10 over Kosovo". One of the engine cowling rings is a trophy in one of the AD units.

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Stories for future videos 😁

@robertbauer3419 2 жыл бұрын

According to whom? The Serbian Fairy Tale Society? Shut the hell up please, every year as the anniversary of the Serbian loss in the Kosovo war and the Independence Day of the Republic of Kosovo comes around, the Serb media trolls just start making up new BS fairy tales about downed NATO planes and miraculous military wins which nobody saw nor there is any evidence of. What's next on the menu for this year besides this - maybe another B-2 was shut down by the glorious Serbian military on top of that first one nobody ever saw that supposedly fell in Croatia and was covered up by the agents Scully and Mulder of the X-Files branch of the FBI. Or did a Serbian submarine sneak its way from the Morava and Danube rivers to the Mediterranean and sink a US plane carrier? I guess we shall see, stay tuned for more of Serbian Fairy Tales...

@justinreed8800 2 ай бұрын

Glad to see a video made about this event. I have talked about this for years. I was stationed with the 81st fighter squadron when this happened. Amazing to see the plane back up and flying after swapping out the motor and of some other parts of course. There was another plane that took a hit in the belly and kept on flying as well. Both planes had purple hearts painted on them.

@showtime112 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your personal experience. They are very tough birds, that's for sure!

@racermike1946 2 жыл бұрын

while a civilian engine mechanic for the us navy at alameda nas, i worked on the components and engine for the tf34-100 engine used in the a10. we provided direct support for the a10's used in desert shield and desert storm

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experience!

@sohrabroozbahani4700 2 жыл бұрын

Still the craziest recovered air frame yet to me is the Negev incident of 1983... a F15 managing to land with one wing only...

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Probably. I think GR tried to reenact that some time ago. Can't remember if they succeeded.

@LockOnNow 2 жыл бұрын

@@showtime112 Indeed GR succeeded in creating that incident 😉kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eLxonrCW3qzUZ5s.html

@autodev3682 2 жыл бұрын

Just small update. His plane was fixed on Skopje airport after some time. The whole right engine was replaced, and flown back to Italy.

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for contributing additional info!

@aleksandarljubenovic347 2 жыл бұрын

I am ex anty aircraft fighter 4.division- 52.lpa brigade. This is exselent work my frend kap. Denda S. Misaill is old "Strela 2m". There is more, F15 over Prizren- Kosovo ( RL4m). Best regards!

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting!

@estellemelodimitchell8259 2 жыл бұрын

A-10A carries no targeting pod and the scene and narration changed to “this Low Tech piece of equipment”, I.e. a pair of binoculars. Man, gotta like your sense of humour! Keep up the good work man.

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

I felt I needed to stress the fact that this device was so important. It was in fact more effective than targeting pods under some circumstances. Thanks for the comment!

@flightstatic4662 2 жыл бұрын

Keep up the great work!

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

I, will, don't worry 😁

@dharmendrasharma1458 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid! Like the aesthetics of the music really like keep it up!

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your positive feedback!

@daveslow84 2 жыл бұрын

Once again, excellent mini documentary!

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback!

@user-oc7bi8qf7l 2 жыл бұрын

Комшија одличан видео! доле англо саксонска гамад.поздрав

@JohnWick-yh5kn 2 жыл бұрын

No,better communist Slobo Milosevic's tanks were destroyed by A-10

@user-oc7bi8qf7l 2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnWick-yh5kn знамо сви да сте светски миротворци!и Либија,Ирак Авганистан,Јемен, Кувајт, Вијетнам...ма шта би ова планета без вас! 😃

@dusandusanic4566 2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnWick-yh5kn samo 4 unistena tenka za 74 dana bombardovanja i hiljade letova A10 na Kosovu. Leteli su po 4-5 aparata na malim visinama. Gledao sam ih svakodnevno.. Povlacili su se na najmanju pretnju sa zemlje.

@danairbus82 5 ай бұрын

These things can take a beating, fly on and land successfully, even after losing 75% of their flying control surfaces and systems. The pilot wouldn’t even break a sweat. Legendary aircraft and an engineering masterpiece!! Brrrrrrrrrrttttttttttt 🐖

@showtime112 5 ай бұрын

Exactly. It was designed to survive.

@andrijakostic3941 2 жыл бұрын

Sjajan video, bez greske! Javljam ti se za koji dan ako uspem da izvucem nesto sto bi ti bilo interesantno konkretno za ovu situaciju.

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Hvala na komentaru! Možda sam te trebao ranije pitati znaš l nešto o tome. IC raketa mi se čnila kao gotovo sigurno objašnjenje.

@aleksandartomic756 2 жыл бұрын

@@showtime112 Pogodjeno je vise a10 na Kosovu 1999 godine, jedan je pogodjen raketiziranom pragom, V3S sa raketom R60 ispaljene sa zemlje

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

@@aleksandartomic756 Moguće teme za budućnost 😁

@andrijakostic3941 2 жыл бұрын

@@showtime112 Nema veze, javljam ti se za par dana u nagorem slucaju. Cela ova situacija mi zvuci poznato od negde.. 😉

@tmanda323 2 жыл бұрын

@@andrijakostic3941 Jedan je pao u skadarsko jezero. Lansirana kubovska raketa, pilot se katapultiraoiako ga raketa nije dohvatila. Lansiranje izvrseno na krajnjem dometu rakete.

@autodev3682 2 жыл бұрын

Super video kako i sekogas. Pozdrav od Makedonija :)

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Hvala na komentaru, pozdrav Makedoniji!

@ivanmiletic3880 2 жыл бұрын

Brate ovo je fenomenalno

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Hvala na komentaru!

@gfabie4901 2 жыл бұрын

The sound of that hog going in… like a true screaming eagle.

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

A very specific sound, can't confuse it with anything else!

@andrewmorke 2 жыл бұрын

I love the AGM-65. And to think it basically is derived from the AIM-4 missile.

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Probably the most iconic air-to-ground missile of all times.

@harrypotterxl9326 2 жыл бұрын

Fighter pilots make movies, attack pilots make history!

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more!

@stolek6908 2 жыл бұрын

Serbian solder once said , that a A10 gun sounds like barking dogs from hell.

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

I haven't heard that description but I can imagine how it might have been inspired.

@branimirantic3625 2 жыл бұрын

I saw this event, but I only heard 3x20mm AAA right before the engine failure. Never saw any missiles from the manpads.

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

That is possible. The A--10 lead and his wingman never saw what exactly hit the aircraft.

@branimirantic3625 2 жыл бұрын

@@showtime112 After that a saw BOV M-55 with 3x20mm turret whizzing through the main street of Gnjilane while changing position, and A-10 and wingman slowly drifting towards Macedonia. The sound of quitting engine was awfull grinding. Probably the blades hitting the frame while seizing.

@cyberqreiber 2 жыл бұрын

@@branimirantic3625 it was hit with Igla or Shilo MANPAD, IR tracked, that is why right engine was hit.

@turcarumimperator1395 2 жыл бұрын

@@cyberqreiber Shilo manpad?

@branimirantic3625 2 жыл бұрын

@@cyberqreiber Well, I didnt see any of that. I just heard AAA and saw engine smoke and noise.

@renatoandricevic8638 2 жыл бұрын

A-10 i P-47, strašni zrakoplovi

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Opake mrcine. Sušta suprotnost eleganciji ali za tučnjavu dušu dali 😁😁

@nekilik7165 2 жыл бұрын

🇷🇸

@xXrandomryzeXx 2 жыл бұрын

Just like the Su25, takes a hit like a champ and flies away.

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

They are both built to survive. How much they can still do it in modern warfare is questionable though.

@veritasardens6547 2 жыл бұрын

@@showtime112 most of the Russian planes shot down by Ukrainians in the current Russian invasion of Ukraine, are Russian Su-25s and most of them crashed. I guess that A-10 is sturdier than its Russian counterpart.

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

@@veritasardens6547 Probably the tactics and way it was used had something to do with it.

@RacerX1971 7 ай бұрын

Nice

@showtime112 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the comment!

@TheLija13 2 жыл бұрын

Druze svaka cast na kontentu.Odlicne price imas.Ako mozes uraditi let Slobodana Perica i Zorana Radosavljevica na dan kad su oboreni.

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Hvala! Ta priča je u dugoročnom planu. Nisam siguran kada će doći na red, ovisi o trenutnoj inspiraciji.

@TheLija13 2 жыл бұрын

@@showtime112 ne sumnjam ni najmanje da ce biti odlicna.Poz

@planemod8399 Жыл бұрын

serb war criminals smh

@DiaconescuAlexandru2024 2 жыл бұрын

Another 10-15min video that passed too quickly :) I really liked the overlay at 4:55 for simulating binoculars. Also it must have been really hard to get the same exact weak lock at 05:54, you were only 4 miles away from the target too.

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I needed to point out that A-10 pilots used this relatively simple and cheap device in the time of targeting pods and datalinks. The flashing cross was actually easier to simulate than I thought. In both cases, I got locks on empty revetments which gave that 'weak' lock indication.

@DiaconescuAlexandru2024 2 жыл бұрын

@@showtime112 binoculars don't need warming up and your viewing limit with them is how far you can turn your neck, plus the A10 is a slow aircraft so you don't lose sight of things on the ground as easily as in fighter aircraft. Sadly people like me that wear glasses can't use binoculars without taking off our glasses :(

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

@@DiaconescuAlexandru2024 Nice list of pros and cons 😁

@ronniefarnsworth6465 2 жыл бұрын

It takes more than that to take out an A-10, the plane is design to fly on one engine if hit !!

@user-kc6qr5eo1k 2 жыл бұрын

Dobar video 🤙🏻

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Hvala na komentaru!

@aleksandar7todorovic 2 жыл бұрын

a plane that left behind an enormous number of people who died from the consequences of depleted uranium ammunition! I'm sorry we didn't tear them down anymore.

@ognjenstepanovic3121 2 жыл бұрын

To brate !

@planemod8399 Жыл бұрын

haha

@planemod8399 Жыл бұрын

there is no evidence that depleted uranium causes cancer

@nemiw4429 Жыл бұрын

Im part Croat and the US abusing countries sickens me. Who in their right mind fired radio active materials at people. Only sickos.

@brightpakistan5476 2 жыл бұрын

Good video I like it V 👍

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment!

@paulstanton7153 2 жыл бұрын

Always good.

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support!

@keithbesherse6324 Жыл бұрын

The A-10 simply looks right (to me as an Army Aviator who thinks the USAF should invest more effort in CAS).

@showtime112 Жыл бұрын

Some call it ugly but I say it looks the part 😁

@keithbesherse6324 Жыл бұрын

That is what I am saying too @showtime112 ! Helicopters are good when we need to get in close going low and slow. But we also need to know that when we need big bombs on target anywhere, anytime, the USAF is going to uphold their end of the 1947 bargain and come running.

@aleksandarljubenovic347 9 ай бұрын

Komsija, da si video kako je taj A10 izgledao po sletanju na Skopski Petrovac?!? Izbusen kao sito, bez poklopca motora. Poklopac motora smo kao trofej vozili vezan na nas TAM 110... Vreme borbe i slave! Pozdrav!

@showtime112 9 ай бұрын

Ima fotka negdje, mislim da je u jednoj knjizi. Hvala na komentaru!

@tomcatbombcat4467 2 жыл бұрын

As much as I love the A-10, having it in service just isn't worth it anymore. Although updated to the C variant, the design is still 50 years old... and in combat with any modern nation would be swatted out of the sky because of its... Lacking speed, not to mention its range being sub-par . The Air Force basically just used it as a moral booster for ground troops, as a gun run from an A-10 Is quite the sight in war time... Rather than an F-16 just dropping a Mk. 82 from 20,000 feet.

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

I'm probably not objective but I wish they never developed any fifth gen or whatever. They should have all just stayed with the late Cold War equipment. And without those damned drones 😁

@fridayray8891 2 жыл бұрын

the sounds of Freedom.....brrrrrrt, brrrrrrrrrrrrt, brrrrrrrrrrtttttt

@jdsaldivar5606 Жыл бұрын

82ND AIRBORNE A-10 Pilots??They are Aggressive...Why you might ask?? They sit in a bathtub made out of Titanium... A-10 Pilot... Bring It!!!!!!

@markskaggs5493 Жыл бұрын

Great video again. There was a famous American USAF pilot in the Korean War who was an Ace, named Captain Jabbar also, I wonder if that is his ancestor. He died in Florida in a car accident.

@showtime112 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. The Korean ace was James Jabara. The name of the pilot from this video is spelled Gebara so they are probably not related.

@donparker1823 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting that he didn't jettison all those weapons after being hit. Or, perhaps he may have. I would think he would want as clean an aircraft as possible after that.

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

He definitely didn't. There's a photo of the damaged A-10 in Skopje airport and the only thing missing is one Maverick he launched during the sortie. It is quite strange, at least he could have dropped the Mk82s.

@ugarit5404 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe he feared that jettisoning the load will broke the equilibrium he managed to do on the plane

@donparker1823 2 жыл бұрын

@@ugarit5404 sounds reasonable.

@secastabala 2 жыл бұрын

Odlican video koji je po vama bolji avion A 10 ili SU 25

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Hvala! Oba mogu biti prilično efikasna ako se ispravno koriste. Su-25 je nešto brži, A-10 ima jači top. E sad, možda je današnje ratno okruženje malo preopasno za oba modela (pogotovo A-10A koji nije imao gotovo ništa od napredne elektronike).

@secastabala 2 жыл бұрын

Hvala na odgovoru mada trenutno u Ukraini ima dosta oborenih SU 25 mozda mnogo vise nego sto je ikad oboreno A 10 aviona

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

@@secastabala Vjerojatno zbog načina upotrebe i taktike. Plus, sistemi protuavionske obrane su isto napredovali u zadnje vrijeme.

@dusandusanic4566 2 жыл бұрын

@@secastabala u Ukraini se Su25 masovno koristi na obe strane. Totalno je druga prica. Nije za poredjenje. Ukraina je ogromna teritorijalno, mnogo opremljenija sa PVO siatemima od tadasnje Jugoslavije i piloti Su25 se ne povlace na najmanju pretnju sa zemlje kao sto su radili piloti A10.

@ricardocorbie6803 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing sounds like that GAU , almost beautiful, to a ground pounder anyway!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Love those A10’s saved my bacon in Iraq 🇮🇶

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

I can say you are not the first with a similar comment. Thanks for sharing your experience!

@zagreb123123 2 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

😀

@ronaldwatson1951 2 жыл бұрын

Good video and yep the A10 has duplicate systems for maximum damage. Be advised my account # has changed for my patron account.

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment and continuous support. I didn't notice any changes in your Patreon account.

@ronaldwatson1951 2 жыл бұрын

@@showtime112 yep, you're right they haven't changed anything yet. It will probably happen at the end of the month.

@1taraba 2 жыл бұрын

..kako DCS World stoji sa Tu-141 Strizh-om ? .... bi se našlo materijala za priču o Jarunskom dronu ?

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Slabo. Od dronova, DCS ima jedino američke Predatore i Reapere. Plus jedan kineski koji izgleda gotovo isto kao i ovi američki, ne mogu se sjetiti oznake. Zapravo, ne znam koliko bi bio zanimljiv video o tome. U osnovi se ništa nije događalo osim što je dron letio ravno i pao na grad.

@vyshnav4092 2 жыл бұрын

Classic stuff....

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for commenting!

@nekilik7165 2 жыл бұрын

Kakva nam je bila pvo dobro smo prošli

@dusandusanic4566 2 жыл бұрын

Nisu ni oni bolje prosli sa super naprednom tehnologijom.

@mladenguzvic4689 2 жыл бұрын

I'm interested in whether we really shot down a b2 bomber that fell in Croatia, I understand that there was propaganda on both sides, but I'm really curious Love from serbia

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Officially, no. There are some indications but if it really happened, it might be revealed in some distant future. However, it is pretty certain that another F-117 was damaged.

@Ender_Wiggin03 2 жыл бұрын

Assuming he lost the right engine and it was shut down, the speedbrakes would have never worked on landing...

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Because of the hydraulics? The damage model is probably not that well simulated. The right engine was definitely turned off, both in real life and here.

@darkonojic7494 2 жыл бұрын

Pre bih rekao da su ono bili mamci makete nego tenkovi.

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Moguće je.

@AlphonseZukor 2 жыл бұрын

Did you make this because War Thunder is releasing A-10 soon, to ride the algorithm?

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

I had no idea about that. But maybe it will help 😁

@paul119 2 жыл бұрын

I love the brrrrrr Sound :D

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

@@paul119 It seems to be generally loved 😁

@paul119 2 жыл бұрын

After a hit I would drope all of the weapons from airplane to make lighter

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

That's quite strange. Pilot even described that he had to maintain descent to stay in a controlled flight. And then, photos clearly show he landed with all of the payload.

@paul119 2 жыл бұрын

@@showtime112 maybe dont want a risk of killing civilians

@edwardcardozo8325 2 жыл бұрын

A-10 got hit by a MANPAD: Oh no! Anyways

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Well, the pilot probably didn't think it was so insignificant.

@danielherlihy4685 Жыл бұрын

How about a video on the air to air kill by an aardvark with a smart bomb on an Iraqi helicopter in the first gulf war?

@showtime112 Жыл бұрын

We don't have the EF-111 in simulations. As for the laser bomb kill, this was done by an F-15E and the module should be available in DCS in near future so then, I'll probably do it.

@danielherlihy4685 Жыл бұрын

@@showtime112 I heard it was an aardvark, I stand corrected.

@stamatispoulimenos7623 Жыл бұрын

Ok, I got you! You are one of those few who want to rewrite history!!! Read some books written by internationally recognized historians. Your videos won't be missed, as I prefer the precision ones! Have a nice day.

@showtime112 Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what your diagnose is but I sincerely hope you get better.

@22.calibermaster98 2 жыл бұрын

After two or tree hits they resulted from long range bombardment and never flew under 16km......resoults complit autonomy of 212 mechanized brigade and unsucesful Albanian attacks.

@fridayray8891 2 жыл бұрын

Just think what Rudel could have done with a Fairchild instead of his venerable Stuka?

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

You mean in WWII or today? That's quite interesting, would WWII aces do well in modern jets? And vice versa, how would modern pilots cope with older aircraft?

@masterbros5388 Жыл бұрын

Demokratija na delu...ali samo polako...sve dodje na svoje..

@showtime112 Жыл бұрын

To vrijedi i na načine koji ti vjerojatno ne padaju na pamet 😉

@nekilik7165 2 жыл бұрын

Neradi ti hrvatski titl

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Meni se čini da funkcionira.

@aleksandartomic756 2 жыл бұрын

@@showtime112 Radi

@branimirantic3625 2 жыл бұрын

Have you considered using real people in making videos? AI is tough to work with.

@showtime112 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. And I intend to. Setting up a local server was an issue but that works now.

@stamatispoulimenos7623 Жыл бұрын

Please be more careful using names of countries. There is no country with the name of Macedonia. There is only North Macedonia . Macedonia is the northern region of Greece!

@showtime112 Жыл бұрын

I know EXACTLY what I was saying and why. Btw that blackmailing business over the name, a giant a****e move by Greece.