Ret10Echo
11-16-2007, 15:10
These guys ....they owe this Brit a pint...or 10. And they need to slap the guy who cleared these guys hot to begin with.
Keen Observation Saves Soldiers
Aviation Week's DTI | Douglas Barrie | November 15, 2007
This article first appeared in Aviation Week's Ares weblog.
Extraordinarily keen observation by a British Royal Navy officer narrowly averted a potentially tragic friendly fire engagement using a Predator or Reaper UAV.
The UAV operator had been given clearance to engage the targets -- a group of 7-10 men -- in an operational theater. The men had been identified as hostile forces.
The navy officer, believed to be working as part of a joint US-UK UAV force operating from Creech AFB, Nevada, noticed that the men, while dressed in local attire, did not actually walk in the same manner.
This single observation led to the potential engagement being called off. The group were in fact special forces.
Keen Observation Saves Soldiers
Aviation Week's DTI | Douglas Barrie | November 15, 2007
This article first appeared in Aviation Week's Ares weblog.
Extraordinarily keen observation by a British Royal Navy officer narrowly averted a potentially tragic friendly fire engagement using a Predator or Reaper UAV.
The UAV operator had been given clearance to engage the targets -- a group of 7-10 men -- in an operational theater. The men had been identified as hostile forces.
The navy officer, believed to be working as part of a joint US-UK UAV force operating from Creech AFB, Nevada, noticed that the men, while dressed in local attire, did not actually walk in the same manner.
This single observation led to the potential engagement being called off. The group were in fact special forces.