Sh*t! Killer Chick Got Hit! - How a Female A-10 Pilot Survived Against the Odds

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By the time the Iraq War of 2003 started, USAF had a number of female fighter pilots. One of them was Kim 'Killer Chick' Campbell, an A-10 pilot with the 75th FS. Although she had already served a combat tour in Afghanistan the year before, she was still relatively inexperienced when she flew combat in Iraq. She and her leader were called to support American ground troops in the outskirts of Baghdad. Her A-10 was hit by a missile and Campbell succeeded in something that few pilots before and even after her succeeded.
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@offshorequest 16 дней назад

I had read of this mission before but it was nice to see a video of it. She kept her cool in a bad situation and saved her aircraft and possibly herself. Another great video !

@showtime112 16 дней назад

Thanks for the feedback! Yes, the performed extremely well under hard conditions. Especially after you consider that two pilots in Desert Storm failed in their attempts.

@SpawnofChaos2010 16 дней назад

Great video but wish you kept your regular intro, "Hello everyone, this is Showtime 1-1-2." It has a therapeutic ring to it. Did A-10's fly with sidewinders in Iraqi Freedom? I'm presuming they did but question the value.

@Chilly_Billy 16 дней назад

Probably for the earliest missions, but quickly left behind once the Iraqi Air Force ceased to exist in the face of Coalition dominance.

@showtime112 16 дней назад

Thank you for the suggestion. I might reintroduce the intro in the future. I couldn't find specific details about AIM-9s but there are several photos of A-10s in OIF which show them carry two pieces under right wing. I suppose they could have carried them still at this point since nobody was sure if Iraqi Air Force could launch some desperate attack with their remaining fighters.

@charlies40556 16 дней назад

Great video and story telling for an awesome female pilot

@showtime112 16 дней назад

Thanks a lot for your feedback!

@donparker1823 16 дней назад

As a USAF vet KC makes me very proud. And, not that many aircraft can shrug off a direct hit by a SAM and fly home. Took both good design and superior airmanship. Great episode! Thanks

@showtime112 16 дней назад

I'm happy to hear that you loved this one as well! Yes, the airplane was designed to be tough and tough it certainly was.

@1joshjosh1 16 дней назад

New Showtime 112 !! Turn up the picture quality (im far away from home) put in the headphones and this is going to kick a** !!

@chadrowe8452 16 дней назад

She came in contact with air Force secretary... Waiver granted 😂

@frasca78 16 дней назад

I was with her in Kabul in 2010: great lady!

@showtime112 16 дней назад

Thank you for sharing the experience!

@1joshjosh1 16 дней назад

Fun fact : Canada had an appointment primeminister named Kim Campbell.

@showtime112 16 дней назад

That's right. She probably had a different nickname 😁

@tomporcinus 16 дней назад

Yeah but our KC was no Killer Chick, she was woefully naive and not that effective at all. Fortunately for us Canadians, her term in office was rather short.

@1joshjosh1 15 дней назад

@@showtime112 👍😆

@jsalaska2854 16 дней назад

Please Do not mess with Mom! Her gun is bigger than yours…

@showtime112 16 дней назад

Yeah, moms can be pretty nasty too :)

@KABModels 16 дней назад

Its as much a testament to the rugged design of the A10 as it is to her skill as an aviator that she put that aircraft down. Everything about it is built for pilot survivability, and i think an aircraft like the A10 should be upgraded rather than retired. Its still a very capable and handy aircraft to have and it makes me wonder why more air forces aorund the world dont field it as a CAS/GA aircraft.

@showtime112 16 дней назад

Thank you for the comment! Yes, plenty of people would agree with you.

@MattKearneyFan1 15 дней назад

The Air Force and keyboard warriors would try and say that the 35 is so much better 🙄🙄

@KABModels 15 дней назад

@@MattKearneyFan1 it cant carry as much as the A10 though, in fact, probably only the SU25 can carry as much as the A10

@PappaBear_yt 16 дней назад

Great video, buddy! I also fly using Thrustmaster joystick, albeit a much older model - I have it for almost 20 yrs! Had to upgrade/mod it few times, but it still serves me well.😁 🙋🏼‍♂️🍻🍻

@showtime112 16 дней назад

Thanks Pappa! And nice to hear about your joystick experience, hope it still provides you with many hours of flying.

@oveidasinclair982 16 дней назад

She did a great job bringing that damaged bird in, I'm wondering if the Air Force didn't increase the number of chafe dispensers on it's ground attack aircraft after that war. MANPAD's have taken a heavy toll on both Ukrainian and Bolshevik aircraft flying on the Eastern front in Ukraine.

@showtime112 16 дней назад

A-10 went through many modifications after OIF, including the upgrade to C standard and plenty of countermeasures for the Hogs. You are right, MANPADS are pretty nasty. And I don't like them, like any proper lover of military aircraft :)

@chadrowe8452 16 дней назад

Bolshevik? Who are the Bolsheviks? Damn get out more its the 21st century we just call them Russians now

@donparker1823 16 дней назад

Thanks!

@showtime112 16 дней назад

I appreciate your constant support, thank you!

@wiktorberski9272 16 дней назад

It was really nice to watch this movie.

@showtime112 16 дней назад

I'm happy to hear it, thank you!

@bjornsmith9431 16 дней назад

Remarkable story.

@showtime112 16 дней назад

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!

@cannonfodder4376 15 дней назад

Best not to get hit in the first place but that added survivability and good skill really helps. Some good flying. A good recreation of events.

@showtime112 15 дней назад

Thank you very much!

@juancarlosperezcortes9259 16 дней назад

As usual it was an excellent video

@showtime112 16 дней назад

I appreciate your feedback!

@eduardodeandres3864 16 дней назад

Gracias por el vídeo. Sabía de la durabilidad del A-10 pero no conocía esta historia. Gracias de nuevo

@showtime112 16 дней назад

Thank you very much! Yes, in this case the A-10 acted like it was supposed to after receiving heavy damage.

@andrezejobuch4527 16 дней назад

Showtime, yet again another great concise video. Keep up the great work!!! 😊😊 How can I donate to your channel my friend?

@showtime112 16 дней назад

Thank you very much for your feedback! As for donation, you can click the PayPal link in the video description and donate that way. Alternatively, there's the RU-vid Superthanks but they take a much bigger percentage :)

@PJRye 16 дней назад

Mining companies in Western Australia are reported to prefer having their trucks driven by women, because they handle them better. Nice truck driving here!

@kostasrad5579 9 дней назад

I didn't know that A-10 had a back up manual mode in case of hydralics failure. The story of KC is also interesting... She insisted on her dream and finally made it to the air force academy. Then she flew in real operations, got hit by SAM (probably a missile with small warhead more likely SA-7/9/13/16 which iraqi army operated many of them) then switched on manual mode and finally landed safely having done something which probably she was never trained to do... Remarkable courage for a female pilot! I'm sure there are other interesting soviet female pilot stories from eastern front which should be presented. As always a top quality DCS video for military aviation enthousiasts! Keep up the good work!

@showtime112 9 дней назад

A-10 was all about survivability. As for KC, she definitely proves that you shouldn't quit as soon as you run into an obstacle. Thank you for the feedback and for appreciating the content!

@2-Hands 9 дней назад

Question, "What do you call an A-10 flying on the right Wing of an AC-130 Spectre Gunship"??? "Tag-Team from HELL"...

@showtime112 9 дней назад

😁

@Eleolius 13 дней назад

Hey, appreciate the honest review of the HOTAS. Folks usually say "honest review" and don't offer any actual criticisms of the product. You did a great job of being literally fair about the product-... and the fact the provider was OK with that, makes me MORE likely to add their HOTAS setup, not less.

@showtime112 13 дней назад

Thanks for the feedback! This is what I was going for, if you mention the minuses it makes the people likely to believe you are not hiding anything. They did approve of this review but we will see if they sent me other stuff in the future 😁

@stevek548 15 дней назад

Fantastic story. Beautifully made, too!

@showtime112 14 дней назад

Thank you very much!

@ghostb9339 13 дней назад

As always top quality video! In general women fighter pilots in USAF and NAVY is an interesting topic, but women fighter pilots flying A-10’s is a brilliant idea for the video. A-10 is my favorite airframe in DCS and in general. I still can’t believe that such a highly specialized aircraft so many times were on the brink of retirement from its service. Just two days ago I’ve seen remarkable documentary about this topic on DroneScapes channel (I really hope it’s ok to talk about other channel here in comments) and there was a lot of new information for me. I’m sure all the aviation enthusiasts and especially Warthog fans would find something interesting in the video. And thank you very much @Showtime112 for another great story about the aviation.

@showtime112 13 дней назад

Thank you for another elaborate comment, it shows you care about the content. And it is perfectly alright to mention other channels. I try not to see them as competition but rather, as a collective which can draw people to subjects that we all love.

@joeshmoe9978 16 дней назад

Great video 🎬🏅

@showtime112 16 дней назад

Thanks a lot!

@branka4226 15 дней назад

Great video!

@EastGames-uy6mc 16 дней назад

Interesting story,!

@showtime112 15 дней назад

Glad you think so!

@stevensonDonnie 11 дней назад

I remember seeing this aircraft on a trailer ready to be shipped back to the US. A flying wreck. The squadron think in was a French built Roland missile. Lack of hydraulics made this a muscle job, she was not a large person. This pilot was a real pilot bringing that flying wreck home. As I understand it, she went back to the US (with her husband who was also a A-10 pilot) to discuss this. The Air Force academy was embroiled in turmoil due to harassment and they decided she was assigned to teach at the academy and not go back to squadron service. She fought this and was reassigned back to her squadron. Could be BS, but it is what I heard from Air Force RumorCon.

@showtime112 11 дней назад

Thanks for sharing. It could have been a Roland, KC said in her interviews that no official investigation was done to assess it precisely. Concerning how two guys in Desert Storm failed to land in manual reversion, her landing is an accomplishment. She flew more combat missions in Iraq but I'm not sure exactly what happened between the end of the Iraq War and her next combat tour in Afghanistan.

@cambs0181 4 дня назад

I was in Al Jaber at the time. I remember seeing the aircraft.

@showtime112 4 дня назад

Thank you for sharing your experience!

@foreverpinkf.7603 8 дней назад

A hell of a flight.

@showtime112 8 дней назад

Agreed, thank you for commenting!

@foreverpinkf.7603 8 дней назад

@@showtime112 You´re welcome.

@sohrabroozbahani4700 15 дней назад

They say, in Cadia, the planet broke before the guard does, only if they had access to A10 in 40K...

@ConradAinger 16 дней назад

The usual high quality video. Her call sign of 'Killer Chick' though - that is so cringe! She was obviously a capable pilot. But not exactly a demon of the skies. In that war the US was, as always since Vietnam, facing a comparatively weak opponent.

@showtime112 16 дней назад

Thank you for the comment! She explains that the callsign was given because during her air-to-air training, she achieved some simulated victories against instructors. It certainly beats 'Bags' 😁😁

@AllanMogensen 16 дней назад

Tough plane - tough pilot. And not even fully trained

@showtime112 16 дней назад

Yes, it seems she was a good match for the Warthog. Thank you for commenting!

@axel665 10 дней назад

Which model a-10 was being used in 2003

@showtime112 10 дней назад

A-10A, not much different than in Desert Storm. Other than the paint job, of course :)

@axel665 10 дней назад

@@showtime112 so how did dcs get permission for the cockpit if the a-10a model was in service in 2003

@showtime112 10 дней назад

@@axel665 Not sure what you mean

@branka1980 15 дней назад

❤

@showtime112 15 дней назад

Hvala!

@Randomly_Browsing 15 дней назад

"Operation Iraqi Freedom", yeah about that.....

@ColinFreeman-kh9us 14 дней назад

The A10 should have been retired 20 years ago. At least

@johnbuggy9121 16 дней назад

Opponents were weak as kittens. Iraq in '03 had faced over 10 years of sanctions imposed by the Uncle Sam. They weren't in much condition to effectively defend against "the coalition of the willing".

@markrook6085 3 дня назад

The USAF hasn’t faced a real Air Force in over 50 years. The North Vietnamese Air Force was small, but well trained and equipped by the Soviets. They had more ace pilots than the US did, mostly because if you were a VPAF pilot, you didn’t have a one year tour. You flew until the war ended, or you died. Their kill ratio against the US was far greater than that of the Soviets/Chinese/NoKo forces from the Korean War. A far more worthy opponent than the incompetent and unwilling Iraqis….