World IN BRIEF : IRAQ : U.S. AWACS Officer Faces Court-Martial
The U.S. Air Force said Capt. Jim Wang will face a court-martial for his role as chief of the crew on the AWACS plane that failed to warn off two F-15s that shot down two U.S. helicopters over Iraq last April, killing 26. Charges against four other AWACS officers were dismissed. The Air Force had earlier dropped charges against the pilots of the F-15s that blew the two helicopters out of the air over northern Iraq. The accident killed 15 Americans, six military officers from Britain, France and Turkey and five Kurdish workers.
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