So you prefer not to have any CAS at all so as to eliminate all
chances of blue on blue?
Blue on blue incidents don't just happen from the air bozo, it's
just as happening on the ground especially when that Bionix starts
spraying you with 25mm because you happened to move too far out of
line. At over 200 knots and having only a few moments to identify
you, somtimes blue on blue happens not because of pilot error, but
because friendly troops were actually out of place of where they
were supposed to be.
Of course, I hope you don't assume you are so pro yourself that the
posibility of engaging friendlies with your tool of war is
impossible. The truth is, it happens all the time not because
people are lously or blur, but because war itself is a very murky
affair and many times wrong choices are made. I don't see why
flyboys should take the rap for the blue on blue reputation when
such incidents are well distributed among all the forces... esp.
arty.
Maybe you would like to charge head onto into battle without CAS
and into an enemy malestorm of bombs, shells and bullets? These
time deliberately aimed at you... I suppose your chances of
survival are much, much higher.
Of course, it would not be fair to the entire service as a whole to
site a few incidents as a sweeping label. One needs to know that
countless more drops go without incident or mention, and it's only
the handiwork of a few jokers that actually make the news. Because
to be as widespread as you would make it out to be, our air force
simply could not function. The truth is, statstically, egressing
out of an RSAF aircraft is generally free of pilot error. And of
course, you don't notice them as long as they do their job
properly... thinking that your rapelling or paradrop was an issue
of your own ability when in reality your life was hung by a thread
they hold.
Is the general quality of our air force really so deplorable or is
it just because of a few, big-headed individuals who think they are
"above all".
