Courtesy of Wirecutter, here's the mission record of a US strike aircraft:
I can figure out the Maverick missile silhouettes, the cannon shells, and the bombs . . . but I'd dearly love to know the story behind the cow!
Peter
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Apparently, after a ground attack to relieve our troops, the after action found, besides dead jihadis, a dead cow.
Legitimate target.
At least they're not using elephants like the VC did.
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/this-a-10-warthog-brrrrtttted-a-cow-during-a-cas-mission/
Yep collateral and messy damage...So much for a steak dinner... sigh
I remember the older versions which featured water buf and their successor which featured camels.
There has to be a 'cow-fell-outta'-the-plane' story somewhere...
JWM
Target of Opportunity! Cow! In the open! It was obviously a mooverlious target to hit.
So THAT'S what happened to Bessy. We thought aliens performed experiments on her.
Bound to be an "Udder Disaster" involvement in there, somewhare...
This is a Bovine tail that should be milked for all it is worth. I just had to horn in on the puns.
IIRC Some South East Asia Wargames, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, DPRV edition planes had water buffalo, and elephant target hits painted on the fuselage.
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