The A10 Warthog was expected to be shot out of sky at a rate of 60 per day in the war it was built for - shooting Russian tanks on a eastern front cold war going hot. Only a single one was shot down in Iraq because the fighting conditions were far superior. But yeah, they came home covered in bullet holes of every size equal or smaller than 23mm. One was famously shot with 2 SAM's that left gaping holes and missing chunks and survived to tell the tale.
The A10 Warthog was expected to be shot out of sky at a rate of 60 per day in the war it was built for - shooting Russian tanks on a eastern front cold war going hot. Only a single one was shot down in Iraq because the fighting conditions were far superior. But yeah, they came home covered in bullet holes of every size equal or smaller than 23mm. One was famously shot with 2 SAM's that left gaping holes and missing chunks and survived to tell the tale.
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/an-a-10-pilot-could-hope-to-last-two-weeks-against-the-soviets-1ebff9bfa4df