Friendly-Fire Victim Outraged Over Navy Officer's Admiral Promotion -- CBS
(CBS News) A U.S. Navy officer named Timothy Dorsey is up for promotion to admiral.
Whether he gets it may be determined by something he did a quarter century ago as an airman -- something so bizarre, even he can't fully explain it. But, it changed forever the life of a fellow airman, Mike Ross.
Ross was a young Air Force pilot flying reconnaissance missions in an F-4 Phantom jet. Grainy video taken by a Navy F-14 shows his plane during an exercise 25 years ago over the Mediterranean.
After taking a closer look, the F-14 pilot did the unimaginable. He shot Ross down.
"It took the tail off the airplane," Ross said.
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My Comment: Unbelievable.