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Four AWACS crew members who are being held partially responsible for the downing of two U.S. helicopters in Iraq indicated that they'll fight the charges. In statements released to The Daily Oklahoman, all denied criminal conduct in the tragedy that claimed the lives of 26 people. The Air Force has accused the AWACS crew members of failing to tell F-15 pilots who shot down the helicopters the aircraft was American. One of the jet pilots has been charged with negligent homicide...
...lightweight team proved to be particularly outstanding. Its first varsity team took home top honors at Sprints (7:29.6) and then cruised to a first-place finish at the National Championships. In the latter race, the crew's 7:06.83 time was only two minutes behind first-place Fordharn...
Trial for AWACS Crew...
...board of Air Force officers recommended that members of the AWACS radar plane involved in last April's shooting down of two U.S. Army helicopters over Iraq be court-martialed for dereliction of duty. A Defense Department study found that the AWACS crew failed to warn U.S. fighter pilots that the helicopters were American Black Hawks, not Iraqi aircraft. Twenty-six U.S. and foreign personnel were killed in the incident. An Air Force general must now decide whether the crew will stand trial...
...have been set off without a command from the cockpit. That action could have inappropriately reversed the thrust of the engines, causing the plane to roll off into a dive. The actuators are normally deployed to slow a plane down only after landing. USAir records show a flight crew reported problems with the plane's reverse thrust two and a half months earlier...