Two Air Force pilots charged in fatal bombing

Saturday, September 14, 2002

WASHINGTON -- Two Air Force F-16 pilots have been charged with involuntary manslaughter and assault for recklessly dropping a bomb in April on Canadian troops engaged in live fire training exercise near Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, the Air Force announced Friday.

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