On the 22.05 one A-10
was shot down near Klina (Kosovo). Remains of that aircraft were discovered and examined.
It was discovered that ammo for 30mm cannon was made from depleted uranium. |
At 18:00 on 05-02-99 TV
Sitel in Skopje, Macedonia reported that a heavily-damaged A-10A
Thunderbolt of the 23rd Wing crash-landed near Skopje, not far from the Petrovec airport,
used by NATO for emergency landings and rescue operations. Pentagon reports indicate that
the aircraft was hit by an SA-7 man-portable SAM in the starboard engine. Many eye
witnesses in Skopje reported that the aircraft appeared to |
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have serious damage to
one of its engines (right engine relative to the pilot) and a wing. Several missiles were
still attached to the underwing pylons, creating a danger of explosion and a panic among
local residents. The pilot of the aircraft was reported to have been injured. Some 40
minutes after the crash, the aircraft was towed by a NATO vehicle to the Petrovec airport.
ABC News reported on 05-03-99: "NATO military spokesman General Walter Jertz said
NATO encountered increased resistance by Serb anti-aircraft defences and one
alliance plane, a U.S. A-10 Thunderbolt, had been hit and damaged but had landed
safely in Skopje, Macedonia." |
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