"Henry J Cobb" wrote in message
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John R Weiss wrote:
If anything, remote-controlled CAS platforms will increase blue-on-blue,
and
they will likely be MORE vulnerable to defenses.

So when will we see a program to train A-10 pilots about the shapes of
armored vehicles operated by the United States military?

Henry, just when we think you can't be any more of an idiot than you you
have demonstrated yourself to be, you manage to up the ante and set a whole
new standard for idiocy. **** happens. Ever try flying at low altitude and
picking out and identifying objects the size of an armored vehicle? Not as
easy as you may think. Add in the fact that bullets are flying in both
directions, and the CAS sortie in question was a most rikki-ticky
troops-in-contact situation. **** happens. It happened in the Civil War
(take a gander at which side inflicted the majority of casualties on the
Federal forces during the early battle at Big Bethel), it happened during
WWI, it happened during WWII (on a scale that dwarfs your above referenced
little incident), it happened in Korea and Vietnam, it happened during ODS,
OEF, and yes, it happened during OIF. If you are really concerened about the
ability of the A-10 pilots to identify vehicles on the ground during TIC CAS
missions, I guess you are really having kittens over the issue of US ground
forces engaging *their own* armored vehicles during ODS, or the similar case
during OIF when the Brits hit one of their own tanks?


http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/10/02/spr...friendly.fire/

Gee, I never would have thought of CNN as wanting to sensationalize issues
which they have little understanding of in the first place...

What's the story, Henry? You all finished with squaring away the Navy (that
other service that as a corporate body you are convinced has less
professional knowledge and wisdom than you do), and are returning to
enlighten the USAF with your cunning and skill?

Brooks


-HJC