I'm certain that you are correct. It looks as though some minute amount of friendly fire will be part of tactical air power for many years to come. I'm by no means denying that it exists and I appreciate you bringing that incident to my attention.
What I'm trying to indicate is that SP's level of friendly fire from the air is oftentimes completely ridiculous. Frankly, the system is almost broken. All too often I've completely ruined what would have been a nice victory because of a drunken SP pilot knocking out a critical unit.
Of course the manual and the forums have extensive advice on calling in air strikes. You know... make sure you've chosen the best entrance/exit path, make sure the sighting unit has a clear LOS, blah blah but when you really get down to it, after a certain time frame say mid '90's this doesn't reflect reality anymore. It's also terribly frustrating when battling an enemy, regardless of time frame that doesn't have armor and your overworked friends in the sky are bombing your tanks! I mean seriously!
Naturally, anyone can comb the internet and find outliers to any data set. Myself, I'm an avid Falcon 4 player and "air force" fanboy. For a civilian I have a pretty darn good knowledge of whats going on technologically speaking, at least as it pertains to this game and I feel confident in making my prior statement. How many air sorties has the U.S. flown in the past 20 years that have resulted in American KIAs. I doubt that statistic is in alignment with the way the game plays out.
Lastly, as always its not my intent to whine about this great game. This is simply one of those things that irritates me and while it is not the case with this thread... yet. When someone voices any constructive criticism about the game on this forum they are shouted down by droves of Wikipedia stooges claiming how accurate the game is when what they are really quoting is remote or obscure situations.
Sorry for rambling, thanks for the reply.
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