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The Sayyd Alma Kalayy airstrike was a major friendly fire incident via airstrike during the Invasion of Afghanistan.It happened on December 5, 2001 when a U.S. soldier responsible for calling in airstrikes accidentally misguided the Boeing B-52 bomber to strike a hill held by American Special Forces and dozens of their Afghan allies.
The 2014 Gaza Valley airstrike was a friendly fire incident that took place in Zabul Province, Afghanistan on 9 June 2014 when five U.S. troops and one Afghan interpreter were killed when a B-1B Lancer bomber inadvertently dropped laser-guided bombs on their position during a firefight with Taliban forces.
The U.S. Navy patrol torpedo boat PT-346, which had rescued the survivors of PT-121 and PT-353 after a friendly-fire incident on 27 March, herself became the victim of friendly fire, when sent to the aid of the PT boat PT-347, which had become stuck on a reef during a night patrol to intercept Japanese barges and destroy Japanese shore ...
Pages in category "Friendly fire incidents of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Scott Richard Studenmund (June 26, 1989 – June 9, 2014) was a United States Army Special Forces soldier. [7] [4] He was killed in action in the 2014 Gaza Valley airstrike in a friendly fire incident that took place in Zabul Province, Afghanistan on June 9, 2014.
Camera footage from a U.S. A-10, as it begins an attack on a British vehicle squadron, March 2003. This is a list of friendly fire incidents by the U.S. Military on allied British personnel and civilians. Korean War 23 September 1950: During the "Battle of Hill 282", three United States Air Force P-51 Mustang aircraft attacked a position held by the British Army's 1st Battalion, Argyll and ...
Of those 20 deaths, 13 were caused by friendly fire, or internal fire from the military's own troops. Six were caused by other accidents related to "weaponry, machinery, trampling," they said.
Friendly fire incidents of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ... Pages in category "Friendly fire incidents involving the United States" ... Battle of Hill 282; N.