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Resident Curmudgeon
Military Professional
Join Date: 03-12-05
Location: Panama City Fl
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Originally Posted by Scrapdog
I'm sure - now please cite examples.
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Unfortunately, that request will be to easy to fill. 
The one that OoE mentioned
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On April 18, 2002, an American F-16 fighter jet dropped a laser-guided 225-kilogram bomb near Kandahar, accidentally killing four Canadian soldiers and injuring eight others.
The two pilots involved are members of the 183rd Fighter Wing of the Illinois Air National Guard, and were temporarily assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Group in Southwest Asia.
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Another one
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190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals friendly fire incident was a "friendly fire" incident involving two United States Air Force Air National Guard 190th Fighter Squadron attack aircraft and vehicles from the United Kingdom's D Squadron, The Blues and Royals of the Household Cavalry and took place on March 28, 2003 during the invasion of Iraq by armed forces of the United States and United Kingdom.
The transcript reveals as many as six errors immediately before the attack near Basra in southern Iraq on March 28, 2003. On several occasions the pilots, a Major and a Lieutenant Colonel of the 190th Fighter Squadron, the Idaho Air National Guard, say they can see orange panels used to identify coalition forces, but convince themselves that they are enemy rocket launchers. The pilots were not sure what red smoke released on the ground to show them they had hit friendly forces meant, and had switched off communications with the ground so they did not hear instructions to stop firing.
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The same thing happened with the Marines of 1/2 in the battle of An Nasiriyah that were strafed by reserve A-10s. Eight times. Pilots ignored the Red Smoke, Red Flares and didn't ID the AAV-7s as friendly vehicles. Unfortunately the gun camera tapes were recorded over (by mistake) and the only person blamed was the MC TACP.
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Sept. 5, 2006 – Military officials in Southwest Asia are expressing regret and offering condolences in the wake of a “friendly fire” incident in Afghanistan yesterday that claimed one coalition soldier’s life and wounded several others.
A statement issued by the forward headquarters of U.S. Central Command Air Forces said a U.S. A-10 Thunderbolt II responded to a call for close-air support from officials of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force at about 5:30 a.m. yesterday. Coalition troops were engaged in close combat against Taliban insurgents, west of the city of Kandahar in the Panjwayi district of Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. ISAF forces engaged in the battle received close-air support from the A-10s during the extended battle, officials said.
“Regrettably,” the Central Command Air Forces statement said, “one of the several A-10s supporting the mission engaged friendly forces during a strafing run. One soldier was killed and a number of others were wounded.” ISAF medical assets responded immediately and evacuated the casualties to ISAF military medical facilities for treatment, officials said.
(Pilot from the 442d Fighter Wing)
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And here is one in the States that could have been horrible if the ANG pilot was flying during the day.
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Nov 2004 LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J. -- National Guard officials were at the Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School on Monday night, offering their first explanation on why a fighter jet strafed the school last Wednesday.
The pilot was identified as Maj. Roberto Balzano of the 113th Wing of the District of Columbia National Guard, based at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. The report said his commander will determine if any punitive or administrative action should be taken, and whether any retraining is necessary. Balzano has more than 2,000 hours of experience flying planes, 975 hours of which were in the F-16s.
Balzano, referred to in the report as the "mishap pilot," or MP, was verifying his aircraft position in relation to his intended ground targets on the Warren Grove Gunnery Range in southern New Jersey, 17 miles northeast of Atlantic City. The school is about four miles from the range.
"Unfortunately, the MP forgot that his aircraft's air-to-ground gun mode was selected and armed ready to fire. The MP immediately realized his error when the aircraft gun's discharged," the report said.
Balzano was on a nighttime training sortie conducting basic surface attacks at the range. A briefing session was held before the mission and Balzano was cautioned not to use his laser marker with the air-to-ground gun mode selected and the gun armed, the report said.
However, shortly after 9 p.m., Balzano was flying at approximately 7,000 feet over the range when he pulled the trigger, firing 27 rounds of 20mm ammunition. Eight of the 2-inch lead rounds punched through the school's roof, knocking down ceiling tiles. At least one rounded struck a child's desk, and others scuffed the asphalt in the parking lot.
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I can produce way to many more. But its making me sick 
I think this statement says it well
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British Army Lt. Col. Andrew Larpent, whose unit suffered nine dead and 12 wounded when an U.S. Air Force A-10 mistook them for enemy troops in 1991, called on the British military to implement a system to protect British troops from American fighter pilots before sending them into battle in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Asked to characterize the nature of problem, Larpent responded, "It is a lack of care by U.S. pilots who should take more care."
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