[GreenEggs&Pot]

[quote:7713c]If the pilots are court-martialed, the Air Force will "look like a petty, two-bit outfit, and it is a label the Air Force will deserve," declared Joan Schmidt, of East St. Louis, an Illinois suburb of St. Louis, Mo. [/quote:7713c]

LOL

[Oddball]

Yes military intelligence there's a contradiction in terms.

Appartenlty most US pilots are high anyways. They have to take "anti fatigue" pills to be able to fly. This has an apmphetamine effect. I saw it on the news a while ago.

They were whacked, saw gunfire and thought they were getting shot at.....they were flying man

[imported_Fluffy_Bunny]

Sh&t happens.

I think they should be courtmarshalled, thrown in jail is a bit harsh, they didn't get up and think 'hey I'm gana kill some Canadians today!'

Originally Posted by Innoxx

I wonder what would happen if the pilot was Canadian, and those soldiers were American?

America would have already given the pilot death sentance and/or called it a terrorist attack and start a war against us...hmmm..well ill be that sounds just about right. And our planes to fly ninty. We have cf-18's, and the hurcules transporters.. if only we would have kept working on the avro and not given the designs to the americans.

[ninty]

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America would have already given the pilot death sentance and/or called it a terrorist attack and start a war against us...hmmm..well ill be that sounds just about right.
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Thats about the stupidest thing i've heard you say.
[quote:226f4]
And our planes to fly ninty. We have cf-18's, and the hurcules transporters.. if only we would have kept working on the avro and not given the designs to the americans.[/quote:226f4]

Yeah I know. It was a half joke. But only 60 of the 120 CF-18's are combat ready. And the ones that do fly don't ahve the right equipment. So they cannot fly with allied aircraft.

And I don't think a CC-130 Hercules can bomb anyone since they are a transport plane.

c-130s drop daisy cutters oOo:

[ninty]

Not ours.

you really should, impress those stupid bastards in the media a little evil:

[ninty]

CC-130 Hercules

The Hercules, considered to be one of the most versatile transport planes, is used to airlift troops, equipment and cargo, in Search and Rescue (SAR) operations and in air-to-air refuelling of fighters.

The Hercules can be loaded and unloaded quickly, with little equipment, and is especially useful in delivering supplies because it does not need a lot of room to land.

The plane can also be easily re-configured to carry fuel. During Operation Boxtop, the restocking of Canadian Forces Station Alert, the northernmost permanent habitation in the world, Hercules' are fitted with large fuel tanks to transport more than 100 planeloads of fuel.

Since entering the fleet in 1960, the Hercules has delivered humanitarian aid to trouble spots around the world. Recently, Canadian Hercules crews ferried emergency relief supplies to tens of thousands of refugees forced out of Kosovo by the Serbian campaign of ethnic cleansing.

[Innoxx]

Heh, I just read up on the daisycutters. Instant LZ.

[Zap. USMC]

Ok, Here is my opinion:

First off, this is WAR. SHIT HAPPENS - FRIENDLY FIRE HAPPENS. I don't think those pilots intended to kill those Canadian soldiers...

Should they be punished?? YES. Just to get those radical Canadians off our backs. I personally think it's bullshit to say they should be 'treated' as 'murderers'. If that was so, every countries military should be locked up in prison for murder. IT'S THIER JOB TO KILL. Perhaps not an ally, but FF happens and I DON'T think it was on purpose...

The most they should do is strip them of thier career.

For you biased motherfuckers (you know who you are): I have nothing against Canadians... I even have a bunch of fellahs over in Toronto that I party with, and there are Canadians on these boards that I'm friends with.

[Innoxx]

Yeah, I'm gonna have to agree. Shit happens.

[GhostRider2AD]

Welcome to War. Friendly Fire happens. If you check into history you will find it in most of the wars of modern day. It's not fun and it's not nice but it happens.

[Oddball]

Yeah it's sad but hey, no one ever said life was gonna be fair, or war for that matter.

It's the fault of the idiot who ofrgot to inform the pilots that there were friendlies in the area.

If I saw tracers flying and didn't know that there are supposed to be friendlies nearby I would also bomb the machingun before it started to take chunks out of my wing.