U.S. F-16 Jet in Friendly Fire Incident
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CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar - In a friendly fire incident, an American
F-16 fired on a U.S. Patriot missile battery in Iraq (news - web
sites) after the battery's radar locked on the plane, the U.S.
Central Command said Tuesday. No U.S. casualties were
reported.
The strike Monday was the war's second such incident involving
Patriot batteries apparently failing to distinguish between
friendly and hostile targets.
On Saturday, a U.S. Patriot Missile battery shot down a Royal Air
Force Tornado GR4 near the Kuwaiti border, killing the two crew
members.