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Really wrong. a lot of things that can happen like human error from the person on the ground to the people in the air putting in those coordinates and there could also be something that's less likely but a malfunction of the bomb itself. according to the department of defense, it was a b-1 bomber strike and not a tactical jet like i flew. not an aircraft suited for this time of work. the b-1 will drop gps guided bombs and they put coordinates of the target into their system and then the bomb essentially flies to it. just as i mentioned before, you have someone on the ground in the heat of batt...

Forces troops on a mission with afghan forces conducting security operations in southern afghanistan, zabul province, when they encountered militants. a firefight ensued. they called in air strikes to suppress enemy fire. it appears, and it's all under investigation, but it appears that a u.s. air force b-1 bomber responding to the call for help apparently ined an vernt aerntly dropped its weapons on the friendly forces. it looks like it's the latest friendly fire incident in afghanistan at this time. and of course now it comes as president obama is talking about withdrawing all the u.s. force...

Months. five american troops died along with an afghan soldier when a coalition air strike mistakenly hit the allied troops. authorities now suspect friendly fire killed these people. barbara starr is at the pentagon to tell us more. good morning, barbara. >> reporter: good morning, carol. this took place in southern afghanistan. by all accounts the u.s. troops were on a security mission along with the afghans in advance of saturday's elections in that country. they came into contact with the enemy. they called in for air support and somehow -- it is all under investigation -- apparently a coa...

Afghanistan. there was a security sweep when the alban attacked so they called in the air support, and when the b-1 performed the strike, something went wrong, and five americans were kill and one afghan. this is the deadliest incident in the afghan war. >> and for the second time, the taliban has hit the airport in karac karachi. today, they opened fire on a training facility run by the security force. the taliban have been stepping up attacks in revenge for a drone strike that killed one of their leaders, a and spokesman promised that the attacks will continue. with almost 272 nigerian sch...

We hearing this kind of moment to go. she said i think you better ring the call button. i rang the call button and made my way to the front. >> your wife said please help land the plane. you get into the cockpit and there is the copilot tending to things. she doesn't know you from adam. did she go through some quick interview process for the job? >> there was about a five-second interview. she said who are you? i said i'm a pilot. i was trying to be to the point. she said what do you fly? i said i'm an air force guy. i flew b-1's. she said have a seat. we are going to omaha. i need you to back...