Video: German Airstrike in Kunduz, Guncam Footage by US Airforce

[Hunted]

Timeline:

20.00 - A afghan source reports that two fuel trucks have been kidnapped in Aliabad, south of the Bundeswehr camp.

21.14 - On demand of German forces a US B1 Bomber (Which previously was in the region to support German troops) Nickname "Bone 22" is searching for the two trucks, but can't find them.

22.00 - The source calls again, tells the Bundeswehr that the two trucks are stuck in a river.

00.00 - "Bone 22" has found the two trucks stuck in the river, broadcasts the footage live to the German camp in Kunudz. Commander Georg Klein is watching the footage live, his nickname is "Red Baron".

00.48 - "Bone 22" returns to the base because it run out of fuel.

00.50 - "Red Baron" demands air support again, says that there are troops in contact.

01.08 - Two US F15 arrive over the scene, codename "Dude 15" and "Dude 16". The guncam footage is again broadcasted to "Red Baron" in the German camp. The F15's report no friendly forces in the area, and around 50 insurgents. The German command gives them the order to ready 6 bombs.

01.30 - "Red Baron" reports details about his wishes on payload etc and the target. He demands fast air support.

01.36 - The pilot asks if he just should do a strave run to scare the persons on the ground. "Red Baron" denies this.

01.46 - The pilot asks if the persons around the trucks are a imminent threat. "Red Baron" gives the command to release the bomb.

01.50 - Two GBU-38 hit the target.

[Curb Stomper]

Nice bomb & info.

[cortdb]

yea awesome....its amazing that after the first one went off you can still see people running.....amazing

[seeseedoodoo]

wow, this is awesome, nice vid

[kellyhound]

Good find.

Germany's top soldier and a senior defence ministry official quit on Thursday over a controversial strike in northern Afghanistan in September in which NATO says as many as 142 people died.

The resignations, announced in parliament by Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, followed press reports that information about the September 4 strike ordered by a German commander was withheld.

Chief of staff General Wolfgang Schneiderhan "has released himself from his duties at his own request," zu Guttenberg said. "State secretary (Peter) Wichert is also taking responsibility."

The commander, Colonel Georg Klein, called in the NATO airstrike against two tanker trucks carrying fuel that had been seized by Taliban insurgents near Kunduz, fearing they could be used to attack troops.

The strike is believed to have killed not only militants but also between 30 and 40 civilians, according to a report by the NATO military alliance.

The mass-circulation Bild daily cited a confidential army video and report that the paper said showed that Klein could not rule out the presence of civilians around the trucks when he ordered the strike.

If that is the case, NATO rules of engagement state that Klein should not have ordered the bombardment.

Schneiderhan said on October 31 when a NATO report on the strike was published that Klein had acted correctly.

"In light of the results of the report, I have no reason to doubt that German soldiers acted in the correct military fashion, given their mandate from the United Nations and the difficult operational situation," Schneiderhan had said.

For several days after the strike, zu Guttenberg's predecessor Franz Josef Jung claimed there were no civilian casualties but the report also proves that his ministry had clear indications that this was not the case, Bild said.

The confidential report, compiled by military police, was also withheld from German prosecutors, the paper said.

[theghost525]

i love it

[damonxxx]

8 YES MAKES ME PROUD TO BE IN THE AIR FORCE!!

[phantom_fury]

i realize this is an old thread but i don't think everyone knows the info behind this, besides what the OP has given. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunduz_airstrike this isn't really an OOH-RAH kinda vid, because all those civilians were killed.

[AmericanIllusions]

Just found out we're nothing but ants from up above. That is, if a giant bitch came to our planet looking to stomp certain ethnic groups out and her name was America. Wait a min...

[DGS120]

Krauts seeing some action at long last