In 2003, British solider Lance-Corporal Matty Hull was killed in Iraq and a colleague injured when an American A-10 aircraft opened fire on his vehicle. The cockpit video from the A-10 was leaked, and the transcript has been published.
I watched the video.
I cried.
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Tags: a-10, friendly-fire, iraq, matty-hull
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Sorry, mate. AFAIK, I’m the only ex-air force type who comments @ this blog, but I’m not gonna give you a dry-as explanation of how ‘fratricide’ can occur. I just can’t bring myself to. Sorry.
My thoughts are with Matt Hull’s family, but also with the real people attached to those callsigns who have to live with it.
And please don’t get me started on why they’d be sleeping easier if it were Iraqis they’d killed. I ain’t figured that out for myself yet. Sorry.

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