You can't usually 'soft' boot your machine with
[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del] while A-10 is running. But, if you have a bad mission and don't want to
save the results of a mission there is a short period while the next part
of the program is loading when you can 'soft' boot.
After a bad mission but, while the next section is loading, hold
down [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del]. When you restart the game it will be as if
your awful mission never happened.