A-10 makes emergency landing at air base threatened by ISIL forces in Iraq

Airmen from the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron overcame odds to get an A-10 back flying after the jet made an emergency landing in Al Asad Air Base in Iraq’s Anbar province.

U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis

The jet’s number one engine suffered catastrophic damage during a routine refueling mission and usually the repair would have taken a month to complete.