Reading up to the HARM and saw this FF incident

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JTsyo

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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 mistook the latter's tail gun radar for an Iraqi AAA site. (This was after the tail gunner of the B-52 had targeted the F-4G, mistaking it for an Iraqi MiG). The pilot launched the missile and then saw that the target was the B-52, which was hit. It survived with shrapnel damage to the tail. The B-52 was subsequently renamed In HARM's Way.

Found that incredible that 150lbs of explosives didn't down the B-52. Wonder if the pilot had an abort option on the HARM.

The name change is amusing.
 
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