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A Chain of Events: The Government Cover-Up of the Black Hawk Incident and the Friendly-Fire Death of Lt. Laura Piper
Contributor(s): Piper, Joan (Author)

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 ISBN: 1574882317     ISBN-13: 9781574882315
Publisher: Potomac Books
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2000
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Military
Dewey: B
LCCN: 99086467
Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6.31" W x 9.3" L (1.25 lbs) 288 pages
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Review Citations: Library Journal 06/15/2000 pg. 97
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2000 pg. 28
 
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On April 14, 1994, on a clear morning over northern Iraq's no-fly zone, two U.S. Air Force F-15 jets encountered two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters on a routine mission. Within ten minutes, the F-15s misidentified the helicopters and shot them down with fire-and-forget missiles. For three years, aircraft had patrolled these skies with a near-perfect safety record. Although the Black Hawk's downing was one of the worst air-to-air friendly fire incidents involving U.S. aircraft in military history, the Air Force would officially conclude the pilots had made a reasonable mistake.

One victim was ebullient twenty-five-old intelligence officer Laura Piper, in love with life and with being an Air Force lieutenant. Movingly written by her mother, A Chain of Events is the story of Laura's final flight and the Air Force's mishandling of the subsequent investigation. It is a story of duty, patriotism, a mother's devotion to a daughter's memory, and her family's disappointment in a beloved institution.
 
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