On April 14, 1994, after two U.S. Air Force jets shot down two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters, the Air Force concluded the pilots made a reasonable mistake. Writing about her daughter, one of the victims of the accident, the author presents the story of her daughter's final flight, the Air Force's.

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Title: A Chain of Events: The Government Cover-Up of the Black Hawk Incident and the Friendly-Fire Death of Lt. Laura Piper
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
Publication Date: 2000
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1574882317
ISBN 13: 9781574882315
Binding: Hardback
Condition: Good

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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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Joan L. Piper is the mother of 1st Lt. Laura Piper, USAF. Her son Dan is a former Air Force officer. A schoolteacher, she and her husband, Col. Danny Piper, USAF (Ret.),live in San Antonio, Texas, with their son Sean.

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