You can see exactly what happened, as is the problem with all soldiers. Killing isn't a solemn duty to them, they enjoy it, it excites them, their first priority was being able to shoot their guns, any other consideration was secondary. You can see it in the helicopter video of those journalists who were killed, every military scandal of unlawfull killing and abuse of power.
Nothing has changed since WW2.......the yanks used to attack RAF formations. Just read an account of a young 20 year old tempest pilot shot down on his first mission by Americans flying outside of their assigned sector. When spits used to escort US bombers they never got too close because the yanks would try and shoot them down. Money can't buy proffessionalism!!!!
Who gives a fuck about friendly fire..You could call it karma for all of the innocents we have killed over there. Unless they are idiots or just plain sick/blood thirsty, anyone with their morals intact would not join the army and support what our leaders are doing...
@stalkerbeats "anyone with their morals intact..." coming from someone who doesn't think that this is bad because two wrongs make a right. What a horrible little human being you are.
Terrible, ghastly judgement and lack of coordination. A tragedy, and so preventable. Low on fuel? BTB, fer crissake! This - and all the many others - will serve as an example that "Optional" invasions (it was not a "war") are a stupid way to accomplish foreign policy objectives. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
@keffje007 People like you generally have low IQs. I don't care if he's etter than me at flying a real A10, I care that there are people even better than him that should have been in his place instead.
@PlaneAU ''People like you have low IQ's'' You can see that i have a low IQ by reading one sentence on the internet?
''Good thing the pilots were bad at what they do anyway'' Are u some super human that have followed the career of these pilots? I am real proud of you that you are better then everybody else. You sir are awesome, have a high IQ and can probably do everything better then everybody else. Just out of curiosity: Do you have low self esteem in real-life?
My heart goes out to the families, but thats war. Idk who ever said war was nice, full of sunshine and rainbows, but its not. Its filthy, dirty and dangerous work. This kind of stuff happens and has been happening since the beginning of time, only thing thats changed is the scale and visibility of it. If/when this happened in WWI, WW2 or Korea the civilian pop never found out and it shouldve stayed that way. Its easy to analyze sitting on your couch, grab a weapon if you want to pass judgement.
To be fair it looked like these pilots took every precaution to avoid it, I mean the base did confirm it was enemy, so there fired at them. If the American and British combat relations were better this could be avoided, but its not entirely the Americans fault
@nssurge but it actually is. There was bad navigation skills, his brain wasnt functioning as he'd been told yellow marks friendly armour, he was flying low enough to have been able to see the union jack but obviously took no notice to it.
mwillis1000 American pilots are very well trained.easy to criticize the pilot sitting home,have you ever flown an aircraft at 500 miles per hour?.are you trained to fly if so where did you go for your flight training?" pilots from all over the world come to the U.S. for training.run your mouth off fucking brits have killed our troops.all you experts have never seen the inside of a plane let alone having flown one, you talk a lot of shit.i doubt you could make it into flight training
@alpakas96 Actually Germany and Italy declared war on America on December 11th 1941. so infact it was also your war, the battle of britain was before America entered the war and we held off the german luftwaffe, and because they couldnt get air supremacy they abandoned their attempts to invade UK.
the attitude seems to be "Oh look advanced tanks in iraq, must be the enemy. Lets shoot it and go home rather than wait and thoroughly inspect the targets"
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WTF GUYS?! THE BRIT GRUNTS SCREWED UP BY CONFIRMING THERE WERE NO FRIENDLIES!!! MAYBE NEXT TIME WE WONT HELP OUT YOUR PATHETIC ISLAND WHEN WW3 COMES AH NOCKIN!!!
@alpakas96 Actually, the person who told the pilots there were no friendlies was Manilla Hotel - a US GFAC attached to 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment Battlegroup.
@NeedleInTheGroove1 why don't you walk up to one of those cunts and call him that to his face tough guy.bet he kick the shit out of you..it's easy to sit in the comfort of you home and criticize.a man flying a plabe with limited visibility
was a accident and this is why OUR armies we are brother im english no problems with americans have to upgrade to digital systems and this will never happen again look at the broke arrow scene in we were soilders even though its just a film you CANT point the finger this is the grim reality of war garentee (SPELING BAD) AMERICAN PILOT STILL THINKS ABOUT THIS AND REGRETS IT EVERY DAY there is nothing he can do now WARS HELL! INFO ABOUT GROUND UNITS WAS NOT REDILY AVAILABLE
Friendly fire, or 'blue on blue' happens, It shouldn't, but it does.
It only seems to become subject of 'hate debate' when the friendly forces are from different countries. Don't forget how many times RN ships fired at RAF aircraft, and even FAA aircraft attacked RN ships through mis identification.
IT WAS A FUCKING ACCIDENT! They asked and questioned the situation several times! I fucking hate how the anti-American fucks keep finding reasons to talk shit about Americans! WE'RE NOT ALL the size of a fucking truck, or people who think Europe is a country, or supported Bush over everything he did BECAUSE NOT ALL OF US LOOK, ACT, OR THINK THAT WAY! So to all the ignorant anti-Americans around the globe reading this... FUCK OFF and learn a bit about the US before making idiotic stereotypes!
@PepperDr94 I think that a lot of 'anti-American' feeling is fueled by comments made by US forces when videos are made by themselves when engaging targets. There are plenty of videos in which US forces are heard celebrating the death and destruction of enemies in quite awful ways.
I have worked alongside (a very limited number of) US air force people. Those I knew were generous, out going, decent people, but in some ways less professional than us.
@harryfaber I understand. But people talking shit about America is getting old because the fact of the matter is, the world wouldnt be the same if it wasnt for America. I know for worse in cases, but mainly for better. Im not the patriot who goes out and says "A MEN BROTHER" or "AMERICA IS THE BEST COUNTRY ON THE PLANET" because 1.) im not a redneck. & 2.) because ive never been out of the country so idk who is the best. But, Im just simply saying that the immaturity of the world is ridiculous.
@PepperDr94 I have never been to America, just US bases in England, Germany & Holland. First thing we all need to recognise is that not all Americans (or Germans/Arabs/Africans) are the same.
You need to try and see things through 'the other guys eyes' sometimes. If you live in poverty and you see an American soldier, with body armour and a truck that costs more than your whole village, there is likely to be 'some resentment', btw, I don't know the 'answers' either.
@PepperDr94 I have never been to America, just US bases in England, Germany & Holland. First thing we all need to recognise is that not all Americans (or Germans/Arabs/Africans) are the same.
You need to try and see things through 'the other guys eyes' sometimes. If you live in poverty and you see an American soldier, with body armour and a truck that costs more than your whole village, there is likely to be 'some resentment', btw, I don't know the 'answers' either.
@harryfaber Its beautiful! The people here are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet in your life! Mainly the southern ones surprisingly hahaha! And what you said is my point. Im not arguing with the world, im just saying 95% of the stereotypes of America is wrong.
@PepperDr94 You seem to be on my level. What annoyed me on this video is not the fact that another US on British Friendly Fire happened, these things unfortunately happen in war. What annoyed me was the ridiculous statements being made on this board. Right at the top of the page (at the time) was some idiot proclaiming that this accident was all the Brit's fault.
Just imagine if a member of Matty Hull's (the guy killed in this video) family was reading.
@manchesterfellow I know that guy is a dumbass for blaming Britain. And I understand, but my initial point was how ignorant people are by blaming Americans for everything.
Just search friendly fire buddy. There is a nice Wikipedia article about it. All of the incidents have proof. I never said the British have more overall friendly fire incidents. Not surprising since the US has 15x more troops in the current wars. However you HAVE killed more of your own.
If you absolutely have to bash the US then use Desert Storm. There was a lot more friendly fire in that war. We killed 9 of your troops (single incident) and 35 of our own. FF is much less common than it was.
@Treknobabble - The British Army had 46,000 troops in Iraq and the U.S. 150,000 how is that 15x more. And as you nation is 6 times larger we made a bigger commitment that you did.
Oh and everyone on earth know the U.S. have a history of friendly fire and hitting civilian targets. They simply have more of a shoot first ask questions later attitude to warfare.
And Brits for example had friendly fire incidents unlike the US have ground-to-ground incidents. The US had more troops so chances tare we going to have 10 times more incident among civilian and friendly casualties but unlike us against Brits(which is air-to-ground incidents), majority of British friendly fire incidents against Allied troops happened on the ground.
@publicmario17 - So you still think that 150,000 is now 10 time 46,000. Just to help you along it is THREE times. Three time the number of troops only. And as your nation is is 6 times the population and far more than 6 times the GDP we put far more as a nation into the war.
Did you actually have math where you went to school?
@WillShakespeare2007 i am british. i believe that this incident was an accident.
FYI we didn't put far more into the war. if we wanted, we could build up a giant-ass army again like we did during the first and second world wars. the cost of the iraq and afghanistan wars doesn't even begin to make up the british defence spending budget... the budget is at something like 70 billion USD?
however, i will say that the pilots sounded more concerned for their careers than the well-being of those below
The 46,000 you refer to were only present in the initial invasion. For like a month or so. Most of those forces were quickly withdrawn. Most British troops were already gone during the heaviest fighting in which the US suffered the bulk of their casualties. After May of 2003 the British force numbered around 18,000. By May of 2004 the British had 8,600 troops in country. The US had a huge troop presence for the entire war.
Its war, mistakes happen. No one can comment unless you've been under the stress of being there! Making life and death decisions with the flick of a switch. Awful to watch, feel sorry for all parties involved!
The true cowards are the American kids commenting on this video claiming made up "facts" because they cannot handle the truth. And then thumbing each other up as if anyone believes them...
And that is more shameful than this video ever can be.
True definition of cowards right there. Shame on you all - grow a pair.
@Samatsix1 When you're flying at 400+ mph/650+ kmh thousands of feet above the ground, it's kind of hard to tell what youre shooting at. You just take the coordinates youre given and fire. Taking time to examine your target could lead to men on the ground getting killed.
Friendly fire - nobody in their right mind wishes it to happen, but it does unfortunately. Anyone who honestly thought the pilots shrugged it off or did not feel remorse is clearly insensitive to their reaction in the video alone, never mind the psychological torment they have subsequently been exposed to. I'm grateful for the support, in the air and in general, the US have given us. Ignore the children and feckless adults on here who will never understand the camaraderie of service to the UK/US
Wow, one faulty mistake and UK is acting like this was the first friendly fire incident in the war. Not only that, most Brits on this video are acting like the UK is always by the book and hasn't killed any American soldier, bullshit! War is riddled with mistakes, by all sides, and were all fucking guilty for something. Typical that Brits are prejudice in this situation, but it's all right.
To their credit the British haven't killed any American troops in Afghanistan/Iraq but they're pretty proficient at killing their own boys. Pretty funny considering Brits claim to have the best trained forces in the world.
Out of the 19 British troops killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan and Iraq. TWELVE WERE DIRECTLY KILLED BY OTHER BRITISH TROOPS. ALL GROUND TO GROUND. That's a much higher rate of friendly fire considering how few troops the Brits have compared to the US.
I think its horrible what happened and i feel sorry for the widow and loved ones, but i also feel sorry for the pilot. He didnt follow orders, no, however due to communication difficulties (his own fauly unfortunatly) he found it difficult to determine if they were hostile. Try to put yourself in his position, it's war and its a life or death situation. Its just sad that he panicked, obviously not thinking clearly due to the situation. These things have happened throughtout history. However aft
Doodewarrior: You are wrong. "Friendly fire" is always the fault of the individual that pulls the trigger--always. If in doubt, don't drop." First rule of Close Air Support. From a Shooter.
Two gun runs by massive GAU-8 over light armored vehicles ....result 1 dead 1 wounded . Great that pilot sucks .....if that plane had more capable pilot it could be much worse.
Anyways R.I.P to that poor guy killed by happy trigger pilot.
Yeah, it's massively embarrassing when our people get on their high-horses for a cheap dig at the Americans. Our troops have made the same mistakes too! People need to grow up!
@ToonandBBfan your wrong if your not certain you dont fire and our friendly fire was against british forces the usa always make stupid mistake like this shoot first ask questions later if you were on the ground fighting would you still feel the same
not sure what planet some of you are on here . is anyone familliar with orange tanks ?. not sure what this pilot was smoking , sadly he was at fault due to a lack of braincells....and he,s only worried that he may get in jail . pulling the trigger on anyone should only be done if you are certain about what you are doing . maybe in this age where it all seems like a computer game folks forget that it,s fellow humans that are dying .
i think its aweful that this happened, and so does everyone who watched it. but for gods sake dont disrespect an ally either yank or brit. this was an accident and it dosent just happen to the united states military but also the british military, canadian, aussie, etc
these things happen! im english and its a crying shame that the pilots had a combined IQ of minus 5 and were so fucking ridiculously stupid but.... nevertheless these things happen!!!!!! and will always happen!
@spitroastfor8 even if its friend or foe, popov would have had a lonely flight home, think of his wife/kids/mum/dad/uncles/aunts/cousins/friends the dead guy had, they will want blood not an apology!!!! FUCKWITTS!
As tragic as I think this is, and best countries were in the wrong. The UK Troops did not communicate and the US did not positively I.D "targets" I don't understand how you can mistake an orange triangle which is the symbol for "friendly" between UK and US for rocket launchers...
@kevinkards1 Why? 'Cause your troops failed to communicate? They were told no friendlies were in the area and from their altitude, it would be easy to see something wrong. Either way, try to fuck us. Try it. You're pathetic.
@m1ndfr34k117 It's easy for him to say that over the internet. Don't even waste your time man. Let them fuck each other with fish and chips and not go to the dentist or what ever it is they do.
Grow up guys this man followed orders, he thought he saw orange rockets, he shot, you should feel sorry for the guy he just got it broke to him hes accidentally murdered a friendly, he thought he was doing the right thing. leave it out. im british btw so dont go having a go at americans.
that guy isnt a "retard" asshole - matter of fact he's probably one of the smartest people over there- literally. He is probably an Air Force Academy Grad- hes DEFINITELY a college grad- and a fighter pilot. He asked 4 times- ARE YOU SURE. He followed orders. Not his fault.
you can imagine how bad war must be as human beings make mistakes for the most simplest of things. just think of it how often people make mistakes for the most simplest of every day things in like ordering food or coffee. war is no different and things fuck up all the time. if people are wrongly accused or suspected of shoplifting in clothing stores when they simpy look at a item of clothing to see if it fits the imagine what war must be like. we can't get things right at the best of times
This pilot is obviouslly upset, he didnt mean to and was clearly distrought. Its war, and they wqere still very cautious, they were communicating for quite some time before they made the decision to fire.
@Talentz92 Sadly this is nothing new - my dad (dead now) used to say that in World War 2 when the Brits bombed , the Germans ducked , when the Germans bombed , the Brits ducked , but when the Yanks came over everybody dived for the nearest hole .
Same in every war since .
It is very hard , even with todays aids , to separate , visually , enemies from friends , when you are at 10,000 feet and having to fly the plane too , and these are young men , not combat vehicle "buffs" .
@zarquon53 Sorry to hear that. Its like every coutry races to see who can build bigger and betterguns that can take multiple lives more easily. Things have improved from WW2 days in terms of visual aids etc, but its like soldiers are used as cannon fodder and with osama "dead" why are soldiers still in iraq.
@choclatejanu1 That's like saying if a family member of yours dies in a car accident, thats what they get for driving.... Hold the higher ups accountable, our politicians and GOV and get better fucking comm equipt
Honestly, it happens. What can you do in those situations? You cant really blame the pilot for giving the go to shoot in a area that wasn't relayed to them as friendly. But you cant actually do nothing to them because they shot our own guy's life.
In Afghanistan, two Danish soldiers were killed by British Javelin missiles on Sep. 26, 2007.
A British FAC gave the bad coordinates to a U.S. pilot that killed three soldiers from the Royal Anglian Regiment on Aug. 23, 2007.
In Iraq war, on March 25, 2003, two British soldiers were killed and two others injured when their Challenger 2 tank was fired upon by another British tank.
Much more
whether US, Australia, British, this happened to everyone. Hating on based on a few won't do anything.
During WW1, in the Battle of Loos, Britain used poison gas for the first time on 25 Sep. 1915. Yet the wind instead of the German trenches blow the gas back into British lines causing most to be affected.
On Sep. 16, 1917, HMS Pasley sank British submarine HMS G9 with all loss but one of her crew.
Poet Siegfried Sassoon was shot in the head by a British solder in July 16, 1918.
British soldier C.S. lewis was injured and two of his friends were killed by an English shell on April 15, 1918 .
poor guy has to live with the fact he has killed somebody's son. whoever's fault it was. the fact that you are all debating who's fault it was and which country has had more friendly fire incidets is sickening. the media truly desensitized the meaning of death
Unfortunate, these things happen. Coalition war efforts are chaotic at best, this was early on and was not an isolated incident. We've gotten incredibly better since the early days. Blue on blue is a rarity at best now.
I think it's telling about bax7172 that comments concerning him get reported as spam. You can tell he's not down with free speech or general discourse. Such is the way of bullshit artists and cunts.
@bax7172 Obviously not, our pilots are extremely skilled and we can drop a bomb within 5 feet of a target, so it is obviously more likely the ground troops made the mistake, not the pilot.
wow you guys are going at it..... its a war that kinna shit happens yea it sucks but think about it, war isnt just dangerous because the enemy is shooting at you. you never know you could be breaching a building and the guy behind you slips and falls squeezes one off , into your head. I will have to agree with doodewarrior on this one its only because while the brits are having tea we are whoopin some ass... sorry dude i could pass up the opportunity
@bax7172 No it's not you idiot, I've been over there are it is almost always an error made by ground troops in some way, whether its because they decided to get too close to see it, or they actually called for danger close, or they just fucked up the coordinates. The pilots just pull the trigger and lay it down where the coordinates say so. The US has some of the most powerful aircraft capable of delivering the most accurate CAS you can imagine, it isn't like they just missed their target.
@DoodeWarrior read my chanel before wasting your time asshole i was in boz from 1002 thru 1995 i killed three men,what the fuck did you do for your counrty,answer me that
@bax7172 Um, it is a FACT that the Brits have more FF incidents documented, that is obvious. You also have the most fatalities when it comes to FF, and just because half the CAS comes from Europe in ONE region doesn't mean most CAS doesn't come from US, because it does. Also, most CAS FF situations are caused by ground troops errors, not pilot error.
@DoodeWarrior "Um, it is a FACT that the Brits have more FF incidents documented, that is obvious" No they don't. The Americans have by far more FF incidents, even as a per head figure, its more.
@DoodeWarrior But if they had contact with the british and contact with command how did they not understand there were friendlies in that area. and the orange markers were there...they always learned me in the army if in doubt dont do it
@UsedToFly1 Because the British said nothing over the channel and these pilots were told there are 100% NO friendlies in the area. Maybe if Britain invested in something a little more advanced than orange paint there wouldn't be as many AtG incidents.
@TheMmnpa I'm the idiot? Says the guy who can't even use the proper form of you're. And also, learn how to speak english. And also, Britain has killed more of their own guys than us. I'm not going to argue with someone like you, mainly because you can't speak correctly.
Look, im on YT for fucks sake, i dont care for proper grammar when im typing, as long as i spell correctly and you can understand me (Which you clearly can), i dont care!!! And keep lying to yourslef, if it makes you feel better.
@TheMmnpa There is no use in trying to argue with someone like you. You're so tweaked out on patriotism that you let it get in the way of logical and factual thinking, which; clearly, has happened.
a person who would be a relative of mine died in a friendly fire in 93
cpharlan 1 week ago
You can see exactly what happened, as is the problem with all soldiers. Killing isn't a solemn duty to them, they enjoy it, it excites them, their first priority was being able to shoot their guns, any other consideration was secondary. You can see it in the helicopter video of those journalists who were killed, every military scandal of unlawfull killing and abuse of power.
AkamuSlayer 1 week ago
Nothing has changed since WW2.......the yanks used to attack RAF formations. Just read an account of a young 20 year old tempest pilot shot down on his first mission by Americans flying outside of their assigned sector. When spits used to escort US bombers they never got too close because the yanks would try and shoot them down. Money can't buy proffessionalism!!!!
Aussiephil99 1 week ago
Why were we fighting in these fucktits war. Let them sort their own shit out.
ZensChannel 1 week ago
its sad that the pilots will be blamed for this when they were given bad intel, and just doing their jobs.
micahmx85 2 weeks ago
killing Canadians in Afghanistan and killing Bristish in Iraq - wake the fuck up america
monkeyduck93 2 weeks ago
Who gives a fuck about friendly fire..You could call it karma for all of the innocents we have killed over there. Unless they are idiots or just plain sick/blood thirsty, anyone with their morals intact would not join the army and support what our leaders are doing...
stalkerbeats 3 weeks ago
@stalkerbeats "anyone with their morals intact..." coming from someone who doesn't think that this is bad because two wrongs make a right. What a horrible little human being you are.
nh3000 1 week ago
why is it Americans squeeze the trigger at anything that fuckin moves????
super00782 3 weeks ago
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feonguy 3 weeks ago
@super00782 we dont...
feonguy 3 weeks ago
Terrible, ghastly judgement and lack of coordination. A tragedy, and so preventable. Low on fuel? BTB, fer crissake! This - and all the many others - will serve as an example that "Optional" invasions (it was not a "war") are a stupid way to accomplish foreign policy objectives. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
dontmesswithbill23 4 weeks ago
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PlaneAU 1 month ago
damn..
ElectroTechnosaurus 1 month ago
Whats the difference between Taliban and British troops ?
Nothing.. welcome to the United States Air Force soldier
nssurge 1 month ago
Good thing the pilots were bad at what they do anyway.
PlaneAU 1 month ago
@PlaneAU ohh wel. I guess some youtube troll can fly A-10s better then the pilots themselves.
keffje007 1 month ago
@keffje007 People like you generally have low IQs. I don't care if he's etter than me at flying a real A10, I care that there are people even better than him that should have been in his place instead.
PlaneAU 1 month ago
@PlaneAU ''People like you have low IQ's'' You can see that i have a low IQ by reading one sentence on the internet?
''Good thing the pilots were bad at what they do anyway'' Are u some super human that have followed the career of these pilots? I am real proud of you that you are better then everybody else. You sir are awesome, have a high IQ and can probably do everything better then everybody else. Just out of curiosity: Do you have low self esteem in real-life?
keffje007 1 month ago
My heart goes out to the families, but thats war. Idk who ever said war was nice, full of sunshine and rainbows, but its not. Its filthy, dirty and dangerous work. This kind of stuff happens and has been happening since the beginning of time, only thing thats changed is the scale and visibility of it. If/when this happened in WWI, WW2 or Korea the civilian pop never found out and it shouldve stayed that way. Its easy to analyze sitting on your couch, grab a weapon if you want to pass judgement.
NightTrainDutch 1 month ago 2
Dude go back, you didnt get all those orange rockets!
apo181 1 month ago
@apo181 Not cool.
CCWSig 1 month ago
what was the aricraft.
5479900 1 month ago
These pilots were high on speed when this happened. Google "USAF GO PILLS"
NiceNineMillimeter 1 month ago
To be fair it looked like these pilots took every precaution to avoid it, I mean the base did confirm it was enemy, so there fired at them. If the American and British combat relations were better this could be avoided, but its not entirely the Americans fault
nssurge 2 months ago
@nssurge but it actually is. There was bad navigation skills, his brain wasnt functioning as he'd been told yellow marks friendly armour, he was flying low enough to have been able to see the union jack but obviously took no notice to it.
PlaneAU 1 month ago
@CJM8911 why doesnt that suprise you?
NeedleInTheGroove1 2 months ago
hahaha that's so stupid
PatoWiNNERS 2 months ago
@PatoWiNNERS friendly fire should never be laughed at, brother.
420BurnaBlunt 2 months ago
If British Politicians didn't drag England into America's wars against the wishes of the majority of the British people this wouldn't be happening.
rohanmarkjay 2 months ago
mwillis1000 American pilots are very well trained.easy to criticize the pilot sitting home,have you ever flown an aircraft at 500 miles per hour?.are you trained to fly if so where did you go for your flight training?" pilots from all over the world come to the U.S. for training.run your mouth off fucking brits have killed our troops.all you experts have never seen the inside of a plane let alone having flown one, you talk a lot of shit.i doubt you could make it into flight training
ron2ocean 2 months ago
@ron2ocean no we hav'nt not in iraq or afganistan
701shep 1 month ago
@Homzy09 over 500,000 Americans died FOR YOU, in YOUR WAR in Europe! how many Brits have died for us?
alpakas96 2 months ago
@alpakas96 its not OUR war. you wankers started it
NeedleInTheGroove1 2 months ago
@alpakas96 Actually Germany and Italy declared war on America on December 11th 1941. so infact it was also your war, the battle of britain was before America entered the war and we held off the german luftwaffe, and because they couldnt get air supremacy they abandoned their attempts to invade UK.
DeadSpaceUK 2 months ago
I remember a saying my granddad told me form his time in WW2.
When the British shot the Germans ducked.
When the Germans shot the British ducked.
When the yanks shot everybody ducked.
darkblood626 3 months ago 29
@darkblood626 LOL ur comment made me laugh
DARKR3APZ 1 month ago
American pilots seem so reckless.
the attitude seems to be "Oh look advanced tanks in iraq, must be the enemy. Lets shoot it and go home rather than wait and thoroughly inspect the targets"
decc1992 3 months ago
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WTF GUYS?! THE BRIT GRUNTS SCREWED UP BY CONFIRMING THERE WERE NO FRIENDLIES!!! MAYBE NEXT TIME WE WONT HELP OUT YOUR PATHETIC ISLAND WHEN WW3 COMES AH NOCKIN!!!
LIKE THIS IF YOUR PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!
alpakas96 3 months ago
@alpakas96 Zion owns your ass anyway so shoot the fook oop. The Tex/Mex border is more in need of americans troops than Iraq ever was
cosmictimes 3 months ago
@alpakas96
We're helping you. It's your war so get over yourself.
Homzy09 3 months ago
@alpakas96 Actually, the person who told the pilots there were no friendlies was Manilla Hotel - a US GFAC attached to 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment Battlegroup.
kenny10210 3 months ago 2
@alpakas96 ww3 wont be fought with troops....
Revens1 2 months ago
This is what happens in the fog of war, im british and i feel so sorry for these pilots!
StevenJay369 3 months ago
@StevenJay369 You don't have to be British to feel sorry.. I'm over in Texas and I just died a little inside 3:
nFixedN 1 month ago
Look up Tarnak Farm Incident. A TOP GUN instructor killed 4 Canadians and wounded 8. A TOP GUN INSTRUCTOR.
LongBow1600 3 months ago
thanks for killing our troops america. CHEERS
slothgoonies 3 months ago
Accidents like this should never have happened - It doesn't matter what nationality said pilot is from. It shouldn't have happened, end of.
aztaclalz 3 months ago 2
the only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire!
MrSeabassnz 3 months ago
"we're in jail dude". with friends like them american cunts who needs enemies.
NeedleInTheGroove1 3 months ago
@NeedleInTheGroove1 why don't you walk up to one of those cunts and call him that to his face tough guy.bet he kick the shit out of you..it's easy to sit in the comfort of you home and criticize.a man flying a plabe with limited visibility
ron2ocean 2 months ago
This speaks wonders for American pilot training.
mwillis1000 3 months ago
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Sirbluecrewd 3 months ago
was a accident and this is why OUR armies we are brother im english no problems with americans have to upgrade to digital systems and this will never happen again look at the broke arrow scene in we were soilders even though its just a film you CANT point the finger this is the grim reality of war garentee (SPELING BAD) AMERICAN PILOT STILL THINKS ABOUT THIS AND REGRETS IT EVERY DAY there is nothing he can do now WARS HELL! INFO ABOUT GROUND UNITS WAS NOT REDILY AVAILABLE
supernaturalfx 4 months ago
RIP Lance Corporal Matty Hull
01224121 4 months ago
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Gay4Ray 4 months ago
Friendly fire, or 'blue on blue' happens, It shouldn't, but it does.
It only seems to become subject of 'hate debate' when the friendly forces are from different countries. Don't forget how many times RN ships fired at RAF aircraft, and even FAA aircraft attacked RN ships through mis identification.
harryfaber 4 months ago
IT WAS A FUCKING ACCIDENT! They asked and questioned the situation several times! I fucking hate how the anti-American fucks keep finding reasons to talk shit about Americans! WE'RE NOT ALL the size of a fucking truck, or people who think Europe is a country, or supported Bush over everything he did BECAUSE NOT ALL OF US LOOK, ACT, OR THINK THAT WAY! So to all the ignorant anti-Americans around the globe reading this... FUCK OFF and learn a bit about the US before making idiotic stereotypes!
PepperDr94 4 months ago
@PepperDr94 I think that a lot of 'anti-American' feeling is fueled by comments made by US forces when videos are made by themselves when engaging targets. There are plenty of videos in which US forces are heard celebrating the death and destruction of enemies in quite awful ways.
I have worked alongside (a very limited number of) US air force people. Those I knew were generous, out going, decent people, but in some ways less professional than us.
harryfaber 4 months ago
@harryfaber I understand. But people talking shit about America is getting old because the fact of the matter is, the world wouldnt be the same if it wasnt for America. I know for worse in cases, but mainly for better. Im not the patriot who goes out and says "A MEN BROTHER" or "AMERICA IS THE BEST COUNTRY ON THE PLANET" because 1.) im not a redneck. & 2.) because ive never been out of the country so idk who is the best. But, Im just simply saying that the immaturity of the world is ridiculous.
PepperDr94 4 months ago
@PepperDr94 I have never been to America, just US bases in England, Germany & Holland. First thing we all need to recognise is that not all Americans (or Germans/Arabs/Africans) are the same.
You need to try and see things through 'the other guys eyes' sometimes. If you live in poverty and you see an American soldier, with body armour and a truck that costs more than your whole village, there is likely to be 'some resentment', btw, I don't know the 'answers' either.
harryfaber 4 months ago
@PepperDr94 I have never been to America, just US bases in England, Germany & Holland. First thing we all need to recognise is that not all Americans (or Germans/Arabs/Africans) are the same.
You need to try and see things through 'the other guys eyes' sometimes. If you live in poverty and you see an American soldier, with body armour and a truck that costs more than your whole village, there is likely to be 'some resentment', btw, I don't know the 'answers' either.
harryfaber 4 months ago
@harryfaber Its beautiful! The people here are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet in your life! Mainly the southern ones surprisingly hahaha! And what you said is my point. Im not arguing with the world, im just saying 95% of the stereotypes of America is wrong.
PepperDr94 4 months ago
@PepperDr94 You seem to be on my level. What annoyed me on this video is not the fact that another US on British Friendly Fire happened, these things unfortunately happen in war. What annoyed me was the ridiculous statements being made on this board. Right at the top of the page (at the time) was some idiot proclaiming that this accident was all the Brit's fault.
Just imagine if a member of Matty Hull's (the guy killed in this video) family was reading.
manchesterfellow 4 months ago
@manchesterfellow I know that guy is a dumbass for blaming Britain. And I understand, but my initial point was how ignorant people are by blaming Americans for everything.
PepperDr94 4 months ago
Just search friendly fire buddy. There is a nice Wikipedia article about it. All of the incidents have proof. I never said the British have more overall friendly fire incidents. Not surprising since the US has 15x more troops in the current wars. However you HAVE killed more of your own.
If you absolutely have to bash the US then use Desert Storm. There was a lot more friendly fire in that war. We killed 9 of your troops (single incident) and 35 of our own. FF is much less common than it was.
Treknobabble 4 months ago
@Treknobabble - The British Army had 46,000 troops in Iraq and the U.S. 150,000 how is that 15x more. And as you nation is 6 times larger we made a bigger commitment that you did.
Oh and everyone on earth know the U.S. have a history of friendly fire and hitting civilian targets. They simply have more of a shoot first ask questions later attitude to warfare.
WillShakespeare2007 4 months ago
@WillShakespeare2007 Like what? How many times you come back for anyways?
And Brits for example had friendly fire incidents unlike the US have ground-to-ground incidents. The US had more troops so chances tare we going to have 10 times more incident among civilian and friendly casualties but unlike us against Brits(which is air-to-ground incidents), majority of British friendly fire incidents against Allied troops happened on the ground.
publicmario17 4 months ago
@publicmario17 - So you still think that 150,000 is now 10 time 46,000. Just to help you along it is THREE times. Three time the number of troops only. And as your nation is is 6 times the population and far more than 6 times the GDP we put far more as a nation into the war.
Did you actually have math where you went to school?
WillShakespeare2007 4 months ago
@WillShakespeare2007 Which reminds me, did you read the message i send you? I mean it alone three times
publicmario17 4 months ago
@WillShakespeare2007 i am british. i believe that this incident was an accident.
FYI we didn't put far more into the war. if we wanted, we could build up a giant-ass army again like we did during the first and second world wars. the cost of the iraq and afghanistan wars doesn't even begin to make up the british defence spending budget... the budget is at something like 70 billion USD?
however, i will say that the pilots sounded more concerned for their careers than the well-being of those below
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@WillShakespeare2007
The 46,000 you refer to were only present in the initial invasion. For like a month or so. Most of those forces were quickly withdrawn. Most British troops were already gone during the heaviest fighting in which the US suffered the bulk of their casualties. After May of 2003 the British force numbered around 18,000. By May of 2004 the British had 8,600 troops in country. The US had a huge troop presence for the entire war.
Gay4Ray 4 months ago
Oh my fucking god...its almost like they WANTED to kill them.
What the fuck were they thinking?
kiwiodoom 4 months ago
Orange rockets. Must be enemies then. Let's shoot them.
eckman69 4 months ago
Its war, mistakes happen. No one can comment unless you've been under the stress of being there! Making life and death decisions with the flick of a switch. Awful to watch, feel sorry for all parties involved!
jonny96 4 months ago
@jonny96 Mistake happen more often with incompetents, that's the problem
eckman69 4 months ago
The true cowards are the American kids commenting on this video claiming made up "facts" because they cannot handle the truth. And then thumbing each other up as if anyone believes them...
And that is more shameful than this video ever can be.
True definition of cowards right there. Shame on you all - grow a pair.
manchesterfellow 4 months ago
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Treknobabble 4 months ago
@Treknobabble Prove it - oh wait... you can't. Don't be that coward.
manchesterfellow 4 months ago
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Treknobabble 4 months ago
@Treknobabble I would never bash the US military. There is the difference between me and you. The wiki page massively disproves your point.
manchesterfellow 4 months ago
What the fuck did the yank think they were? highly fucking equipped taliban...
Samatsix1 4 months ago
@Samatsix1 When you're flying at 400+ mph/650+ kmh thousands of feet above the ground, it's kind of hard to tell what youre shooting at. You just take the coordinates youre given and fire. Taking time to examine your target could lead to men on the ground getting killed.
mtrtrm 4 months ago
Friendly fire - nobody in their right mind wishes it to happen, but it does unfortunately. Anyone who honestly thought the pilots shrugged it off or did not feel remorse is clearly insensitive to their reaction in the video alone, never mind the psychological torment they have subsequently been exposed to. I'm grateful for the support, in the air and in general, the US have given us. Ignore the children and feckless adults on here who will never understand the camaraderie of service to the UK/US
P4rtis4n 5 months ago
Wow, one faulty mistake and UK is acting like this was the first friendly fire incident in the war. Not only that, most Brits on this video are acting like the UK is always by the book and hasn't killed any American soldier, bullshit! War is riddled with mistakes, by all sides, and were all fucking guilty for something. Typical that Brits are prejudice in this situation, but it's all right.
JizzTechCo 5 months ago
@JizzTechCo
To their credit the British haven't killed any American troops in Afghanistan/Iraq but they're pretty proficient at killing their own boys. Pretty funny considering Brits claim to have the best trained forces in the world.
Out of the 19 British troops killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan and Iraq. TWELVE WERE DIRECTLY KILLED BY OTHER BRITISH TROOPS. ALL GROUND TO GROUND. That's a much higher rate of friendly fire considering how few troops the Brits have compared to the US.
Treknobabble 4 months ago
I think its horrible what happened and i feel sorry for the widow and loved ones, but i also feel sorry for the pilot. He didnt follow orders, no, however due to communication difficulties (his own fauly unfortunatly) he found it difficult to determine if they were hostile. Try to put yourself in his position, it's war and its a life or death situation. Its just sad that he panicked, obviously not thinking clearly due to the situation. These things have happened throughtout history. However aft
Legion1094 6 months ago
@Legion1094
They were to eager to engage the enemy.
Troublesome2008 6 months ago
do guys who cause friendly fire get a punishment? or is it considered a fact of war and they aren't in trouble for it?
mikecrooks99 6 months ago
Doodewarrior: You are wrong. "Friendly fire" is always the fault of the individual that pulls the trigger--always. If in doubt, don't drop." First rule of Close Air Support. From a Shooter.
LoftusRoadLad 6 months ago
These guys seem really unprofessional
B1ackdr4g0n 6 months ago 10
Two gun runs by massive GAU-8 over light armored vehicles ....result 1 dead 1 wounded . Great that pilot sucks .....if that plane had more capable pilot it could be much worse.
Anyways R.I.P to that poor guy killed by happy trigger pilot.
ViciousCritique 6 months ago
Read 'Bullet Magnet' for the British side, written by one of Matty Hull's best friends and a fellow scimitar crew.
seven2uno 6 months ago
trust on the yanks to fuck you up!
psypholicious 6 months ago
The Sun newspaper needs to stop this shit stirring.
I'm sorry our man died but it was an accident.
We Brits have been guilty of friendly fire too.
ToonandBBfan 6 months ago 9
@ToonandBBfan
Yeah, it's massively embarrassing when our people get on their high-horses for a cheap dig at the Americans. Our troops have made the same mistakes too! People need to grow up!
PBSmithy 6 months ago
@ToonandBBfan your wrong if your not certain you dont fire and our friendly fire was against british forces the usa always make stupid mistake like this shoot first ask questions later if you were on the ground fighting would you still feel the same
701shep 1 month ago
@701shep I've sent you a PM
ToonandBBfan 1 month ago
not sure what planet some of you are on here . is anyone familliar with orange tanks ?. not sure what this pilot was smoking , sadly he was at fault due to a lack of braincells....and he,s only worried that he may get in jail . pulling the trigger on anyone should only be done if you are certain about what you are doing . maybe in this age where it all seems like a computer game folks forget that it,s fellow humans that are dying .
olivermctexas 6 months ago
i think its aweful that this happened, and so does everyone who watched it. but for gods sake dont disrespect an ally either yank or brit. this was an accident and it dosent just happen to the united states military but also the british military, canadian, aussie, etc
xWhocaresxX 6 months ago
pilots fault, doesn't matter what you fucking yanks say, hope that cunt goes to prison
elliotts4 6 months ago
no because the wankers in the planes changed there raido band the us miliatry is a joke
kevinkards1 6 months ago
these things happen! im english and its a crying shame that the pilots had a combined IQ of minus 5 and were so fucking ridiculously stupid but.... nevertheless these things happen!!!!!! and will always happen!
spitroastfor8 6 months ago
@spitroastfor8 even if its friend or foe, popov would have had a lonely flight home, think of his wife/kids/mum/dad/uncles/aunts/cousins/friends the dead guy had, they will want blood not an apology!!!! FUCKWITTS!
spitroastfor8 6 months ago
As tragic as I think this is, and best countries were in the wrong. The UK Troops did not communicate and the US did not positively I.D "targets" I don't understand how you can mistake an orange triangle which is the symbol for "friendly" between UK and US for rocket launchers...
Doinkatron 7 months ago
yes by the yanks not only killing your allies but now the cunt in the whitehouse has given russia british nuclear secrects so fuck the yanks
kevinkards1 7 months ago
fuck the yanks
kevinkards1 7 months ago
@kevinkards1 Shut up idiot, This is not a video for that sort of shit, people were killed here..
jlebesis 7 months ago
@kevinkards1 Why? 'Cause your troops failed to communicate? They were told no friendlies were in the area and from their altitude, it would be easy to see something wrong. Either way, try to fuck us. Try it. You're pathetic.
m1ndfr34k117 6 months ago
@m1ndfr34k117 It's easy for him to say that over the internet. Don't even waste your time man. Let them fuck each other with fish and chips and not go to the dentist or what ever it is they do.
FourthOsprey 6 months ago
@FourthOsprey stop being stereotypical dude,those statements you made are quite retarded. i'm just making a point. (i'm American btw)
Ry43deck 6 months ago
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DoodeWarrior - seriously, are you for real????
BambiMikeMcNally 7 months ago
DoodeWarrior - seriously, are you for real????
BambiMikeMcNally 7 months ago
5:24 I need not say anything
XASxxxxxxxxxxxx 7 months ago
condolences to both all families of this incident
xBABYxKICKERx 7 months ago
Grow up guys this man followed orders, he thought he saw orange rockets, he shot, you should feel sorry for the guy he just got it broke to him hes accidentally murdered a friendly, he thought he was doing the right thing. leave it out. im british btw so dont go having a go at americans.
iRoChoLLXD 7 months ago
When the Americans can't find any puppies to throw off cliffs they'll gladly find some Brits to shoot up.
Antipopularization 7 months ago
@Antipopularization Why don't you fucks ever read the top comments?
refan15 7 months ago
@refan15 I did.
Antipopularization 7 months ago
that guy isnt a "retard" asshole - matter of fact he's probably one of the smartest people over there- literally. He is probably an Air Force Academy Grad- hes DEFINITELY a college grad- and a fighter pilot. He asked 4 times- ARE YOU SURE. He followed orders. Not his fault.
BlakeGriceMuayThai 7 months ago
This is why retards shouldn't be given guns.
chrisoz59 7 months ago
you can imagine how bad war must be as human beings make mistakes for the most simplest of things. just think of it how often people make mistakes for the most simplest of every day things in like ordering food or coffee. war is no different and things fuck up all the time. if people are wrongly accused or suspected of shoplifting in clothing stores when they simpy look at a item of clothing to see if it fits the imagine what war must be like. we can't get things right at the best of times
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210482fmj 8 months ago
This pilot is obviouslly upset, he didnt mean to and was clearly distrought. Its war, and they wqere still very cautious, they were communicating for quite some time before they made the decision to fire.
Kmagnus80 8 months ago
What's the difference between a British and an Iraqi soldier?
Don't know?
Welcome to the United States Air Force, son!
Talentz92 8 months ago
@Talentz92 Sadly this is nothing new - my dad (dead now) used to say that in World War 2 when the Brits bombed , the Germans ducked , when the Germans bombed , the Brits ducked , but when the Yanks came over everybody dived for the nearest hole .
Same in every war since .
It is very hard , even with todays aids , to separate , visually , enemies from friends , when you are at 10,000 feet and having to fly the plane too , and these are young men , not combat vehicle "buffs" .
zarquon53 8 months ago
@zarquon53 Sorry to hear that. Its like every coutry races to see who can build bigger and betterguns that can take multiple lives more easily. Things have improved from WW2 days in terms of visual aids etc, but its like soldiers are used as cannon fodder and with osama "dead" why are soldiers still in iraq.
Talentz92 8 months ago
This is called " TASTE OF ONES OWN MEDICINE".....
imagine for those millions of people killed by the airpower since Aircraft was invented,AIR POWER SUKS:
choclatejanu1 8 months ago
@choclatejanu1 That's like saying if a family member of yours dies in a car accident, thats what they get for driving.... Hold the higher ups accountable, our politicians and GOV and get better fucking comm equipt
NiceNineMillimeter 1 month ago
@NiceNineMillimeter Nope Cars or things that are beneficial can have accidents,
but airpower or weapons are in the first place wrong things...
choclatejanu1 1 month ago
Honestly, it happens. What can you do in those situations? You cant really blame the pilot for giving the go to shoot in a area that wasn't relayed to them as friendly. But you cant actually do nothing to them because they shot our own guy's life.
trechan 8 months ago
apparently the people that are debating whose fault it is and to whom we should blame assume they're perfect.
SJLGG 8 months ago
In Afghanistan, two Danish soldiers were killed by British Javelin missiles on Sep. 26, 2007.
A British FAC gave the bad coordinates to a U.S. pilot that killed three soldiers from the Royal Anglian Regiment on Aug. 23, 2007.
In Iraq war, on March 25, 2003, two British soldiers were killed and two others injured when their Challenger 2 tank was fired upon by another British tank.
Much more
whether US, Australia, British, this happened to everyone. Hating on based on a few won't do anything.
publicmario17 8 months ago
In WW2 too many to list but one example in Burma, where the RAF killed hundreds of retreating Commonwealth forces by mistake in February 20, 1942.
In Mortain, RAF killed 15 U.S. soldiers in one day in August 7, 1944.
In Falkland Wars, an HMS Cardiff shot down a British AAC Gazelle helicopter, killing four British soldiers.
A British SBS commando was killed by British SAS commandos.
British Companies A and C from the 3rd PARA engaged each for one hour, resulting eight deaths.
publicmario17 8 months ago
During WW1, in the Battle of Loos, Britain used poison gas for the first time on 25 Sep. 1915. Yet the wind instead of the German trenches blow the gas back into British lines causing most to be affected.
On Sep. 16, 1917, HMS Pasley sank British submarine HMS G9 with all loss but one of her crew.
Poet Siegfried Sassoon was shot in the head by a British solder in July 16, 1918.
British soldier C.S. lewis was injured and two of his friends were killed by an English shell on April 15, 1918 .
publicmario17 8 months ago
Rofl.
NUKE the british isles!
PonguigPeopinn 8 months ago
@PonguigPeopinn Rofl, it's a virgin.
TheGunner444 7 months ago
@TheGunner444
>Implying that any presumption you make against someone you don't know isn't inherently unfounded
>Implying that Britain contains anything but epic fail such as the British Royal Family who tried to sabotage my country.
Fucking idiot.
Also, learn english dipshit.
PonguigPeopinn 7 months ago
@PonguigPeopinn Why, what country are you from? And why must I learn English? There is nothing wrong with my spelling.
TheGunner444 7 months ago
@PonguigPeopinn What the fuck are you on about? explain
Ry43deck 6 months ago
So sad the pilot was crying at the end.
DivineCipherX 8 months ago
@DivineCipherX So much more sad that 9 men are returning home in coffins
TheCoolermaster24 8 months ago
poor guy has to live with the fact he has killed somebody's son. whoever's fault it was. the fact that you are all debating who's fault it was and which country has had more friendly fire incidets is sickening. the media truly desensitized the meaning of death
cupramac 8 months ago
@cupramac a'men to that
AeroSharkTech 8 months ago
Unfortunate, these things happen. Coalition war efforts are chaotic at best, this was early on and was not an isolated incident. We've gotten incredibly better since the early days. Blue on blue is a rarity at best now.
DonzeJ 8 months ago
god bless you sir !!! you fucking dimwiit
ParalonCity 8 months ago
I think it's telling about bax7172 that comments concerning him get reported as spam. You can tell he's not down with free speech or general discourse. Such is the way of bullshit artists and cunts.
TheDouchesupreme 9 months ago
@bax7172 Actually if you watch every part of this video you can hear the FAC clearly say there are no friendlies in the area
DoodeWarrior 9 months ago 2
@bax7172 The FAC said there were no friendlies in the area dude, these pilots weren't at fault.
DoodeWarrior 9 months ago
@DoodeWarrior hey guys Osama Bin Laden is fucking dead. Go look it up.
DudeWarrior55 9 months ago
@bax7172 And just an FYI, the pilots didn't miss or anything. They were firing on targets they were told to fire on.
DoodeWarrior 9 months ago 2
@bax7172 Obviously not, our pilots are extremely skilled and we can drop a bomb within 5 feet of a target, so it is obviously more likely the ground troops made the mistake, not the pilot.
DoodeWarrior 9 months ago
@DoodeWarrior Which is why I said more likely smart one.
DoodeWarrior 9 months ago
wow you guys are going at it..... its a war that kinna shit happens yea it sucks but think about it, war isnt just dangerous because the enemy is shooting at you. you never know you could be breaching a building and the guy behind you slips and falls squeezes one off , into your head. I will have to agree with doodewarrior on this one its only because while the brits are having tea we are whoopin some ass... sorry dude i could pass up the opportunity
firstamendright 9 months ago
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@bax7172 No it's not you idiot, I've been over there are it is almost always an error made by ground troops in some way, whether its because they decided to get too close to see it, or they actually called for danger close, or they just fucked up the coordinates. The pilots just pull the trigger and lay it down where the coordinates say so. The US has some of the most powerful aircraft capable of delivering the most accurate CAS you can imagine, it isn't like they just missed their target.
DoodeWarrior 9 months ago 23
@DoodeWarrior read my chanel before wasting your time asshole i was in boz from 1002 thru 1995 i killed three men,what the fuck did you do for your counrty,answer me that
joecobra1234 8 months ago
@joecobra1234 1/17 air cav 82nd airborne. don't see why killing 3 people is relevant or why you are proud of it.
DoodeWarrior 8 months ago 2
@DoodeWarrior thats bullshit, they just wanted a kill
viper1995 7 months ago
@viper1995 You're just another one of those idiots. This guy was fucking crying after he found out what happened.
DoodeWarrior 7 months ago 14
@DoodeWarrior stfu you dumb american shit. you deserve to be destroyed
Seigu007 5 months ago
@bax7172 Um, it is a FACT that the Brits have more FF incidents documented, that is obvious. You also have the most fatalities when it comes to FF, and just because half the CAS comes from Europe in ONE region doesn't mean most CAS doesn't come from US, because it does. Also, most CAS FF situations are caused by ground troops errors, not pilot error.
DoodeWarrior 9 months ago 15
@DoodeWarrior "Um, it is a FACT that the Brits have more FF incidents documented, that is obvious" No they don't. The Americans have by far more FF incidents, even as a per head figure, its more.
stig781 8 months ago
@DoodeWarrior But if they had contact with the british and contact with command how did they not understand there were friendlies in that area. and the orange markers were there...they always learned me in the army if in doubt dont do it
UsedToFly1 8 months ago
@UsedToFly1 Because the British said nothing over the channel and these pilots were told there are 100% NO friendlies in the area. Maybe if Britain invested in something a little more advanced than orange paint there wouldn't be as many AtG incidents.
DoodeWarrior 8 months ago 3
@DoodeWarrior
LOL, you have your facts wrong. NOBODY LISTEN TO HIS BS.
TheMmnpa 7 months ago
@TheMmnpa Actually I'm not wrong. You can take the time to research it yourself, just like I did. Until then, you sir can just go fuck off.
DoodeWarrior 7 months ago 4
@DoodeWarrior
WOW, your an idiot! America killed more than us of our own guys and yourself.
TheMmnpa 7 months ago
@TheMmnpa I'm the idiot? Says the guy who can't even use the proper form of you're. And also, learn how to speak english. And also, Britain has killed more of their own guys than us. I'm not going to argue with someone like you, mainly because you can't speak correctly.
DoodeWarrior 7 months ago 5
@DoodeWarrior
Look, im on YT for fucks sake, i dont care for proper grammar when im typing, as long as i spell correctly and you can understand me (Which you clearly can), i dont care!!! And keep lying to yourslef, if it makes you feel better.
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TheMmnpa 7 months ago
@TheMmnpa There is no use in trying to argue with someone like you. You're so tweaked out on patriotism that you let it get in the way of logical and factual thinking, which; clearly, has happened.
DoodeWarrior 7 months ago 7
@DoodeWarrior
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Yep, keep saying that, it wont make it true though.
TheMmnpa 7 months ago
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@TheMmnpa You're just proving my point, haha.
DoodeWarrior 7 months ago
@DoodeWarrior
American pilots were clearly badly trained.
mwillis1000 3 months ago