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friendly fire video from iraq
Ray O'Hara wrote:
A-10s attacking brits. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e06da463d7&p=1 That tape is chilling. It has the usual earmarks of a friendly fire or mistaken fire incident. There was uncertainty -- not much, but some. The orange panels which they thought were rockets. Granted from FL 10 orange panels could be missiles and vice versa. However, how many "orange missiles" have we seen deployed? However, this is all Monday morning quarterbacking by someone who was not there and who thanks G-d that he wasn't there. As to the political issue of releasing the identities of the aviators, and releasing the tape to the families, that is the government working against itself, once again. It is tragic but this isn't the first time and will not be the last time. Cheers, Dave |
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friendly fire video from iraq
Ray O'Hara wrote:
A-10s attacking brits. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e06da463d7&p=1 That tape is chilling. It has the usual earmarks of a friendly fire or mistaken fire incident. There was uncertainty -- not much, but some. The orange panels which they thought were rockets. Granted from FL 10 orange panels could be missiles and vice versa. However, how many "orange missiles" have we seen deployed? However, this is all Monday morning quarterbacking by someone who was not there and who thanks G-d that he wasn't there. As to the political issue of releasing the identities of the aviators, and releasing the tape to the families, that is the government working against itself, once again. It is tragic but this isn't the first time and will not be the last time. Cheers, Dave |
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friendly fire video from iraq
"CWO4 Dave Mann" wrote in message . .. Ray O'Hara wrote: A-10s attacking brits. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e06da463d7&p=1 That tape is chilling. It has the usual earmarks of a friendly fire or mistaken fire incident. There was uncertainty -- not much, but some. The orange panels which they thought were rockets. Granted from FL 10 orange panels could be missiles and vice versa. However, how many "orange missiles" have we seen deployed? However, this is all Monday morning quarterbacking by someone who was not there and who thanks G-d that he wasn't there. As to the political issue of releasing the identities of the aviators, and releasing the tape to the families, that is the government working against itself, once again. It is tragic but this isn't the first time and will not be the last time. Cheers, Dave they were assured no friendlies were in the area. it wasn't until after asking several times that they attacked. then they finally tell them that there might be friendlies in the area. you don't hear the brits speak up until the very end. any blame should be on the ground controllers. in 1809 the sir arthur wellesley 1st duke of wellington was asked his opinion on what the new uniforms should look like, he replied he didn't care as long as they didn't look like the french. stonewall jackson was shot by confederate troops as was james longstreet, they were the two senior corps commanders in the ANV. the U.S.S. San Francisco shot up the U.S.S. Atlanta on 11/13/42 cusing it to later sink. they have and will always happen. |
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friendly fire video from iraq
"CWO4 Dave Mann" wrote in message . .. Ray O'Hara wrote: A-10s attacking brits. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e06da463d7&p=1 That tape is chilling. It has the usual earmarks of a friendly fire or mistaken fire incident. There was uncertainty -- not much, but some. The orange panels which they thought were rockets. Granted from FL 10 orange panels could be missiles and vice versa. However, how many "orange missiles" have we seen deployed? However, this is all Monday morning quarterbacking by someone who was not there and who thanks G-d that he wasn't there. As to the political issue of releasing the identities of the aviators, and releasing the tape to the families, that is the government working against itself, once again. It is tragic but this isn't the first time and will not be the last time. Cheers, Dave they were assured no friendlies were in the area. it wasn't until after asking several times that they attacked. then they finally tell them that there might be friendlies in the area. you don't hear the brits speak up until the very end. any blame should be on the ground controllers. in 1809 the sir arthur wellesley 1st duke of wellington was asked his opinion on what the new uniforms should look like, he replied he didn't care as long as they didn't look like the french. stonewall jackson was shot by confederate troops as was james longstreet, they were the two senior corps commanders in the ANV. the U.S.S. San Francisco shot up the U.S.S. Atlanta on 11/13/42 cusing it to later sink. they have and will always happen. |
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friendly fire video from iraq
Ray O'Hara wrote:
"CWO4 Dave Mann" wrote in message . .. Ray O'Hara wrote: A-10s attacking brits. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e06da463d7&p=1 That tape is chilling. It has the usual earmarks of a friendly fire or mistaken fire incident. There was uncertainty -- not much, but some. The orange panels which they thought were rockets. Granted from FL 10 orange panels could be missiles and vice versa. However, how many "orange missiles" have we seen deployed? However, this is all Monday morning quarterbacking by someone who was not there and who thanks G-d that he wasn't there. As to the political issue of releasing the identities of the aviators, and releasing the tape to the families, that is the government working against itself, once again. It is tragic but this isn't the first time and will not be the last time. Cheers, Dave they were assured no friendlies were in the area. it wasn't until after asking several times that they attacked. then they finally tell them that there might be friendlies in the area. you don't hear the brits speak up until the very end. any blame should be on the ground controllers. in 1809 the sir arthur wellesley 1st duke of wellington was asked his opinion on what the new uniforms should look like, he replied he didn't care as long as they didn't look like the french. stonewall jackson was shot by confederate troops as was james longstreet, they were the two senior corps commanders in the ANV. the U.S.S. San Francisco shot up the U.S.S. Atlanta on 11/13/42 cusing it to later sink. they have and will always happen. My point exactly Ray ... and I will add that if we didn't have ****ing wars this **** wouldn't happen. That is a non-political statement from a once-upon-a-time Infantryman. Cheers, Dave |
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friendly fire video from iraq
Ray O'Hara wrote:
"CWO4 Dave Mann" wrote in message . .. Ray O'Hara wrote: A-10s attacking brits. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e06da463d7&p=1 That tape is chilling. It has the usual earmarks of a friendly fire or mistaken fire incident. There was uncertainty -- not much, but some. The orange panels which they thought were rockets. Granted from FL 10 orange panels could be missiles and vice versa. However, how many "orange missiles" have we seen deployed? However, this is all Monday morning quarterbacking by someone who was not there and who thanks G-d that he wasn't there. As to the political issue of releasing the identities of the aviators, and releasing the tape to the families, that is the government working against itself, once again. It is tragic but this isn't the first time and will not be the last time. Cheers, Dave they were assured no friendlies were in the area. it wasn't until after asking several times that they attacked. then they finally tell them that there might be friendlies in the area. you don't hear the brits speak up until the very end. any blame should be on the ground controllers. in 1809 the sir arthur wellesley 1st duke of wellington was asked his opinion on what the new uniforms should look like, he replied he didn't care as long as they didn't look like the french. stonewall jackson was shot by confederate troops as was james longstreet, they were the two senior corps commanders in the ANV. the U.S.S. San Francisco shot up the U.S.S. Atlanta on 11/13/42 cusing it to later sink. they have and will always happen. My point exactly Ray ... and I will add that if we didn't have ****ing wars this **** wouldn't happen. That is a non-political statement from a once-upon-a-time Infantryman. Cheers, Dave |
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"Ray O'Hara" wrote in message . .. A-10s attacking brits. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e06da463d7&p=1 I feel sorry for all involved. A poor bloke was killed, and the pilots' lives will never be the same. |
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"Ray O'Hara" wrote in message . .. A-10s attacking brits. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e06da463d7&p=1 I feel sorry for all involved. A poor bloke was killed, and the pilots' lives will never be the same. |
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"The Old Bloke" wrote in message ... "Ray O'Hara" wrote in message . .. A-10s attacking brits. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e06da463d7&p=1 I feel sorry for all involved. A poor bloke was killed, and the pilots' lives will never be the same. This is close to home. The A-10 pilots were local Boise pilots attached to the Idaho Air Guard. Wayne http://www.soaridaho.com/ |
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