{"id":34994,"date":"2013-04-08T10:22:11","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T14:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=34994"},"modified":"2013-04-08T10:24:12","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T14:24:12","slug":"dfc-for-killer-chick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=34994","title":{"rendered":"DFC for “Killer Chick”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At Defense.gov<\/a>, they tell the story of Air Force Major Kim Campbell who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for her actions over Baghdad on April 7, 2003 when after flying her A-10 Warthog in support of an Army unit which was pinned against the Tigris River by republican Guard units, she discovered that her air craft had been devastated by ground fire;<\/p>\n

With numerous caution lights flashing, the one that worried Campbell the most was the hydraulic lights. A quick check confirmed her suspicions: Her hydraulic system had been fried. She would later discover that one of her engines was badly damaged and the fuselage was riddled with hundreds of bullet holes.<\/p>\n

Campbell quickly switched to manual inversion, allowing her to fly her Warthog under mechanical control. She then had a decision: try to fly 300 miles back to base, or parachute into hostile territory. This was dicey terrain, so she decided she had to make the flight. Despite the heavily damaged aircraft and terrible weather \u2013 including massive dust storms \u2013 \u201cKiller Chick\u201d persevered.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Our heart-felt congratulations to this true warrior and we’re glad that she’s still among us to receive the award. And, thanks for flying support for the folks on the ground – an A-10 is a most welcomed sight in a firefight, and it takes a special kind of pilot to fly into the maw of incoming fire from the ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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