View Full Version : F16 'Friendly Fire' Incident
SteadyNote
26th Jan 2003, 16:58
I noticed this article in yesterday's NYTimes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/25/national/25PILO.html?ex=1044526095&ei=1&en=11874ae67be28655
When in doubt, blame Clausewitz's "fog of war"!
BEagle
26th Jan 2003, 18:43
......and the common factor to all these incidents was?
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meerkats revenge
26th Jan 2003, 19:20
"Why should these men be the first Air Force pilots to face homicide charges for an accidental attack in wartime?"
Accidental attack??? What does this do? MASTER ARM? Oops sorreeeee!
This was a deliberate attack, but wrongly identified target. It was a mistake. Negligent or not is a different matter. Seems to be happening more and more or is it just more reporters and better comms. Agree with the point that this sort of incident more likely to be deadly with PGM's than liberal sprinkling of standard Mk82s.
Woff1965
26th Jan 2003, 23:05
this topic is already being discussed elsewhere on Military Aircrew -
Schmidt/Umbach Guilty or Innocent?
Might I suggest this topic is merged with that one?