How do combat pilots identify friendly vs enemy ground forces? Infantry seems like it would be almost impossible to discern.
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In the past, organizing everything and communicating was the key to combined arms. Nowadays there are electronic means and infantry can have IR markers that pilots can see with IR.
The reality is sometimes they can’t though.
But I bet you’re thinking a bit like video games where a pilot looks for things to shoot. That’s not really what they do. Usually your target is marked or located first, and you’re hitting it whether friendlies are there or not.
If you’re thinking gunships well, you just communicate as you watch things unfold I think.
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