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From: sxdjt@acad3.fai.alaska.edu (TABOR DEAN J)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Friendly Fire
Message-ID: <1990Jul2.030955.8714@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 2 Jul 90 03:09:55 GMT
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From: sxdjt@acad3.fai.alaska.edu (TABOR DEAN J)
In article <1990Jun30.054114.5122@cbnews.att.com>, bxr307@csc.anu.oz writes...

>p.s.  I just heard on the radio that someone in Alaska in the USAF just
>attempted to shoot down one of his own aircraft by mistake with a live missile.
>Now that is an own goal!

It was true.  Two F-15s out of Elmendorf were out "playing" after an intercept
mission (another Bear more than likely), and *bang*...  the pilot of the downed
aircraft ejected OK, and was rescued within a few hours of the incident.  My
sympathies really go out for the shooter... hell of a way to end your
career/life.

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