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2014-12-31 Afghanistan

SF personnel cleared in AFG friendly fire incident.

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Posted by Besoeker 2014-12-31 08:36|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Radio signals are, for the most part, "line-of-sight."

Must have been some interesting circumstances to not allow comm. Or maybe defense cuts have reduced our SF's to using "Rocket Radios?"

Posted by Hupineger Glomomp7489 2014-12-31 11:14|| 2014-12-31 11:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Gen. Harrigian’s investigation revealed the four crew members showed incompetence in how to conduct CAS as well as in how to use their identification sensors. The Air Force Joint Terminal Attack Controller who was positioned with the Green Berets relayed inaccurate information to the bomber.

Incompetence? WTF? I'll wager heavy equipment drops or the Fulton Recovery System would be also be out of the question for the B-1. But that's just a guess.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-12-31 13:13|| 2014-12-31 13:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Reads like somebody needed a hammer, and got a power drill and a blindfold.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-12-31 13:31|| 2014-12-31 13:31|| Front Page Top

#4 B-1 in a CAS role is like Al Sharpton defending the pooleece....

Posted by USN, Ret. 2014-12-31 14:19|| 2014-12-31 14:19|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm not military but isn't a stealthy B1 (as in 'I'm not here... you don't seem me...') kind of ill-suited for Close Air Support (as in 'I'm here, I'm in your face and I'm going to kick your ass!').

More like someone used a sledgehammer to screw in a screw and wonder why their finger got smashed...

Posted by CrazyFool 2014-12-31 15:27|| 2014-12-31 15:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Reads to me as if a strategic air crew and airframe needed some OP mission airtime or they were going to be rotated out of the commander's control, and his OER.

Posted by Skidmark 2014-12-31 17:13|| 2014-12-31 17:13|| Front Page Top

#7 You probably nailed it Skid.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-12-31 17:29|| 2014-12-31 17:29|| Front Page Top

#8 A B-1 is very fast and carries a flexible mix of weapons. With precision weapons, it is perfectly able to conduct CAS from high altitude.

The problem on this mission seems to have been a lack of training, or as it is sometimes expressed, "A failure to communicate ..."

Posted by rammer 2014-12-31 20:15|| 2014-12-31 20:15|| Front Page Top

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