Maybe it wasn't a accidental collision....maybe it was the first recorded case of blue on blue between a helicopter and a UAV.
Brigadier General William Jacobs, Deputy Commanding General at the US Army Aviation Center, Ft. Rucker, said last year that the “number one threat” to helicopters flying at low level in Iraq was “the potential for a collision with a UAV.”
should in fact read...
Brigadier General William Jacobs, Deputy Commanding General at the US Army Aviation Center, Ft. Rucker, said last year that the “number one threat” to helicopters flying in Iraq was “the potential for being shot down by the Americans.”