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Article: US Navy Pilot Relieved of Command Over Kuwait Bombing Incident.(David Zimmerman )(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Journal of Electronic Defense
- Article date:
- June 1, 2001
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According to Voice of America News, the US Navy pilot whose errant bombs hit an observation post at a US practice range in Kuwait has been relieved of command.
Pentagon officials say Commander David Zimmerman will no longer head his FA-18 squadron. He has also be given a punitive letter of reprimand. Officials say Commander Zimmerman will follow through on his earlier plans to retire from the Navy within the next few months. Pentagon investigators say he is mainly to blame for the ...
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March 14, 2001 ;
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... ... institution feels a need to do that yet." The Pentagon identified the pilot in Monday's nighttime bombing accident as Cmdr. David Zimmerman, head of attack squadron VFA-37. He was flying the 79th of 85 sorties scheduled in the exercise, spread over several ...
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