Iraq friendly fire incident.

[Bruv119]

"The first pilot says: "Did you hear?" His colleague replies: "Yeah, this sucks."

"We're in jail, dude," says the first.

The other pilot then weeps, saying: "Golly-geemit". "

A British convoy was strafed on the ground by an A10 tankbuster resulting in a British fatality. This is old news but the above quotes scare me.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6333853.stm

It sounds like a teen mission in game.

Bruv
~S~

[AWMac]

In combat watermelon happens. Get over it and move on.

Mac

[DiabloTX]

Think we already got this subject started in another thread.

[Sixpence]

Originally posted by AWMac
In combat watermelon happens. Get over it and move on.

Mac

When you lose a loved one to carelessness, it's hard to get over. You might even want those so careless to be held accountable. It would be even more careless to tell those people to "get over it".

[AWMac]

Have you read the whole bit, the conversations?  Don't blame the triggerman.

BTW 20 Years in the Army here, guess I never lost anyone I cared about. Sorry it seems so callous but sometimes you have to just "Get over it". Or it'll eat you alive.

Repetitive thread.....

Nothing to see here, move along.

Mac

[Sixpence]

Originally posted by AWMac
Have you read the whole bit, the conversations?  Don't blame the triggerman.

BTW 20 Years in the Army here, guess I never lost anyone I cared about. Sorry it seems so callous but sometimes you have to just "Get over it". Or it'll eat you alive.

Repetitive thread.....

Nothing to see here, move along.

Mac

Have you?

"Circling at an altitude of 12,000ft, the A-10s spotted Iraqi vehicles 800 yards north, and the British patrol less than three miles west. ERROR ONE came when they asked the Forward Air Controller, call sign Manila Hotel, if friendly forces were around the Iraqi vehicles — not to the west. In ERROR TWO neither pilot gave the precise grid references for the Household Cavalry patrol to double check its identity.

ERROR THREE saw them convince themselves the identification panels were really orange rocket launchers.

In ERROR FOUR POPOV36 decides to attack, saying he is “rolling in” — without permission from the Forward Air Controller. POPOV35 asks for artillery to fire a marker round into the target area to clear up confusion.
 

But ERROR FIVE came when POPOV36 attacked without waiting for it. In ERROR SIX POPOV36 strafes the column for a second time but still doubts its identity."

[Bruv119]

apologies for making a double thread.

accidents happen especially in a such a difficult conflict that USA and GB have entangled themselves.

But there are rules and regs to stop stuff like this happening and my quotes highlighted the lack of intelligence on the pilots part.