Sentence examples for friendly troops from inspiring English sources

Those rounds came from friendly troops engaging the enemy on the far side of the truck.

"RPA add precision targeting capabilities and long loiter times that can minimise civilian losses and protect friendly troops.

Now, they have downed an A-10, the Air Force aircraft that specializes in close air support of friendly troops.

Coloured smoke signs were sent up to indicate that they were friendly troops but it didn't stop the attack.

The homing pigeon Cher Ami saved the lives of nearly 200 American soldiers by delivering the message that a misdirected artillery barrage was falling on friendly troops.

Even after attacking the column, the transcript shows the pilots were still unsure whether they had attacked enemy or friendly troops.

Consequently, blue on blue is where a friendly troop or trooper inflicts damage on another of the same color".

Most easterners strongly oppose the idea of friendly foreign troops on the ground, but pleas for air raids against Colonel Qaddafi's base in Tripoli and for a no-fly zone imposed by the West have become a lot louder.Britain and France are tilting towards an outright demand in the UN Security Council for a no-fly zone, but the Americans are still hesitant and the Russians against.

She fired three rounds the following day, but had to cease fire to avoid hitting friendly advancing troops.

Although exposure to combat was scarce, M249 gunners who were involved in fighting mainly used their weapons to provide cover fire for friendly maneuvering troops from fixed positions, rather than maneuvering with them.

He said the networks of Russian missiles and artillery could put at risk the aircraft on which the U.S. relies to counter enemy air defenses and jam enemy communications, attack tank formations and support friendly ground troops.