This is a transcript from a "friendly fire" incident involving two attack aircraft from the United States Air Force 190th Fighter Squadron and vehicles from the United Kingdom's D Squadron, The Blues and Royals of the Household Cavalry. The incident took place on March 28, 2003 during the invasion of Iraq by armed forces of the United States and United Kingdom and was responsible for the death of Lance-Corporal of Horse Matty Hull:
| Time and caller | Message |
|---|---|
| 13:36.30 control Manila Hotel | POPOV from MANILA HOTEL. Can you confirm you engaged that tube and those vehicles? |
| 13:36.36 pilot POPOV 35 | Affirm Sir. Looks like I've got multiple vehicles in advance at about 800 meters to the north of your arty rounds. Can you switch fire, and shift fire, and try to get some arty rounds on those? |
| 13:36.47 control Manila Hotel | Roger, I understand that those are the impacts that you observed earlier on my timing? |
| 13:36.51 pilot POPOV 35 | Affirmative. |
| 13:36.52 control Manila Hotel | Roger, standby. Let me make sure they're not on another mission. |
| 13:36.57 pilot POPOV 36 | Hey, I got a four ship. Looks like they've got orange panels on them though. Do we have any friendlies up in this area? |
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