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To: John Carragher who wrote (7488)	4/9/2001 9:38:48 PM
From: RON BL	Read Replies (1) of 59480

Hackworth: Chicoms Fired Machine Gun at U.S. Plane U.S. Navy sources privately confide that the Chinese air force scrambled additional planes and fired upon a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft during a midair engagement last Sunday, forcing it to land in Chinese territory, according to military analyst David Hackworth. The highly decorated retired army colonel shared his information late Monday with WABC Radio's Sean Hannity: "Two fighters came up and intruded on our reconnaissance aircraft. One went down in flames, as we know, with [Chinese pilot] Wang Wei. The other turned and two more aircraft came up, and a burst of machine-gun fire - this is what I got from U.S. Naval personnel - went streaming across the front of that reconnaissance aircraft, telling the pilot, 'Hey, land here.'" The U.S. plane was then escorted to China's Hainan Island, where the crew is now being held hostage pending a U.S. apology. Hackworth described his sources as "very good" and well placed. "They're in the squadrons that are involved in this exercise

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