* 1994 – In a U. S. friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two United States Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two United States Army helicopters, killing 26 people.

Three policemen were injured by friendly fire, and one by a thrown rock.

Six Serbian MiG-29 were shot down by NATO ( 4 USAF F-15C, 1 USAF F-16C, 1 Dutch F-16A MLU ), all of them using AIM-120 missiles ( the kill by the F-16C may have happened due to friendly fire, from SA-7 MANPAD fired by Serbian infantry ).

During the Gulf War, the HARM was involved in a friendly fire incident when the pilot of an F-4G Wild Weasel escorting a B-52 bomber mistook the latter's tail gun radar for an Iraqi AAA site.

He was embarrassed by a friendly fire episode in which his unit and another British unit thought the other was the French enemy and opened fire, with 14 dead and 26 wounded in the mishap.

* 1863 – American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville.

One of the helicopter pilots, Gunnar Ebel, was lying near " Sniper 2 " and was also wounded by friendly fire.

* 2011 – 2011 NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani checkpost in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.

Public Law 99-145 authorized the award for wounds received as a result of friendly fire.

As well, individuals wounded or killed as a result of " friendly fire " in the " heat of battle " will be awarded the Purple Heart as long as the " friendly " projectile or agent was released with the full intent of inflicting damage or destroying enemy troops or equipment.

Two different tribes exist, " river Zora " are more violent and are able to shoot fire, while " sea Zora " make up the friendly Zoras.

* May 1 – 4 – American Civil War – The Battle of Chancellorsville: General Robert E. Lee defeats Union forces with 13, 000 Confederate casualties, among them Stonewall Jackson ( lost to friendly fire ), and 17, 500 Union casualties.

* October 19 – Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish prince and Marshal of France ( friendly fire ) ( b. 1763 )

* April 17 – Four Canadian infantrymen are killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire from 2 US F-16s.

Two members of the police force — one a regular officer and another a deputized citizen from the National Guard Reserve — were killed, probably by " friendly fire ".

Waters himself was hit by friendly aircraft fire and had to be left at the camp.

Commissioned in 1939, she was successful during World War II until she was lost to friendly fire in 1944

This aiming error may cause the arrow to hit the attacker ’ s own melee unit instead, causing the same amount of damage, and friendly fire is a permanent aspect of the game.

Grim 31, an AC-130 aircraft providing fire support and reconnaissance for the assault, spotted Harriman's convoy and, due to a failure in its inertial navigation system, believed it was in a position away from friendly forces ( this was due to a problem with the " glint " panels which should have identified the convoy as American ).

* Exchange of friendly fire Anat el-Hashahar, an Israeli and founder of METalks, debates the Arab-Israeli conflict – from Oslo to Lebanon – with Khaled Diab, an Egyptian journalist and writer.

When a retreat was needed during the Siege of Osaka, ninja were commanded to fire upon friendly troops from behind, causing the troops to charge backwards in order to attack a perceived enemy.

" Stonewall " Jackson to friendly fire, a loss that Lee likened to " losing my right arm.

It remains unknown which side was responsible for the first shot ; some of the soldiers are believed to have been the victims of " friendly fire " because the shooting took place at point-blank range in chaotic conditions.

The relations between Croatia and Italy have been largely cordial and friendly, although occasional incidents do arise on issues such as the Istrian exodus or the Ecological and Fisheries Protection Zone.

Tirana ’ s relations with the Republic of Macedonia remain friendly, despite occasional incidents involving ethnic Albanians there.

During the Gulf War, coalition forces displayed single chevrons on their armoured vehicles to prevent friendly fire incidents.

Use of Foynes reduced the chance of enemy interception or friendly fire incidents over the English Channel.

* 1992: Patrick J. Sloyan, Newsday, " for his reporting on the Persian Gulf War, conducted after the war was over, which revealed new details of American battlefield tactics and friendly fire incidents.

Twenty Bradleys were lost — three by enemy fire and 17 due to friendly fire incidents ; another 12 were damaged.

To remedy some problems that were identified as contributing factors in the friendly fire incidents, infrared identification panels and other marking / identification measures were added to the Bradleys.

There have been many thousands of friendly fire incidents in recorded military history, and no doubt before, accounting for an estimated 2 % to 20 % of all casualties in battle.

At 18: 58 one of the worst friendly fire incidents of the Vietnam War occurred when a Marine Corps fighter-bomber dropped two 500-pound bombs into 2 / 503's perimeter.

It would be featured on a white scarf attached to the regimental flag as to recognise French units from foreign ones and avoid friendly fire incidents.

When asked by Wayne about proper identification markers for Canadian military vehicles ( to prevent friendly fire incidents ), McCallum responded: " if our soldiers were to wear the dress of the honourable member over there, they would be very well identified.

MASINT could be of tactical use in " Non-Cooperative Target Recognition " ( NCTR ) so that, even with the failure of identification friend or foe ( IFF ) systems, friendly fire incidents could be prevented.

Fratricide may also be used to refer to friendly fire incidents.

This method did cause friendly fire incidents.

The army complained near friendly fire incidents and smoke made life difficult for German artillery.

Army units carried flares and Swastika flags to prevent friendly fire incidents.

By the summer, 1941, the Luftwaffe and its land-air liaison teams would dramatically reduce the number of friendly-fire incidents, as German assault aviation would have detailed knowledge of friendly and enemy dispositions.

Richthofen feared that the coming operations would mean friendly fire incidents against Axis shipping near Sevastopol.

Further friendly fire incidents in the 2003 Iraq War, particularly a similar incident involving soldiers of the Blues and Royals brought assurances from officers and politicians that they would not hurt the close alliance: ' A situation like this does not mean anything of harm to the coalition, but in many ways it brings us closer together ,' said RAF Group Captain Jon Fynes.

* Combat Identification Panel, a device used by the US military to distinguish friendly ground vehicles from the enemy following friendly fire incidents in the first Gulf War.

While generally praising US performance it highlighted numerous incidents of friendly fire.

In 2003, a variant of the LW-IC system was developed to incorporate features of the CombatID System ( CIDS ) – a form of IFF ( identification friend or foe ) that is designed to reduce the potential for friendly fire incidents.

* providing dismounted soldier combat identification for enroute situational awareness and power recharge to reduce ' friendly fire ' incidents