How do combat pilots identify friendly vs enemy ground forces? Infantry seems like it would be almost impossible to discern.

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How do combat pilots identify friendly vs enemy ground forces? Infantry seems like it would be almost impossible to discern.

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Communication. When doing close air support the big thing for us flying the plane is to make sure we identify where the friendlies are before ever releasing weapons. When we get passed the 9 line we confirm everything makes sense. The 9 line is like one consolidated communication piece between us and the folks on the ground.

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