April 23, 2015 332nd EMXS Airmen return A-10 to air after catastrophic engine failure in Iraq A maintenance repair team from the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron responded to an A-10C Thunderbolt II that suffered a non-combat related engine failure and had to divert to Al Asad Air Base, Iraq.The jet’s number one engine suffered catastrophic damage during a routine refueling mission