Inter Press ServiceIRAQ-CONFLICT: US fighter plane goes down https://www.ipsnews.net/2003/04/iraq-conflict-us-fighter-plane-goes-down/ News and Views from the Global South Fri, 13 Nov 2026 09:55:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 IRAQ-CONFLICT: US fighter plane goes down https://www.ipsnews.net/2003/04/iraq-conflict-us-fighter-plane-goes-down/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2003/04/iraq-conflict-us-fighter-plane-goes-down/#respond Tue, 08 Apr 2003 11:17:00 +0000 IPS Correspondents http://ipsnews.net/?p=4762

Att.Editors: The following item is from the Qatar News Agency (QNA)

By IPS Correspondents
ASSAYLIYA CAMP, Apr 8 2003 (IPS)

A US A-10 "warthog" fighter plane went down near Baghdad airport on Tuesday but the pilot was safely rescued, the US central command war headquarters said in a statement published here today.

"The pilot ejected safely from the aircraft and was recovered by coalition ground forces near the airport. The pilot is reported to be in good condition," the statement said.

A-10 planes were pounding Iraqi anti-aircraft positions close to the airport since early Tuesday morning.

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