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'Bye-bye miss American pie': US pilot mock-sings as missile hits target (VIDEO)

Saturday, July 7, 2012



'Bye-bye miss American pie': US pilot mock-sings as missile hits target (VIDEO)

In the latest uproar surrounding American troops in Afghanistan, video has been released of an American pilot singing an impromptu rendition of Don McLean’s ‘American Pie’ at the exact moment a rocket strikes Afghans on the ground.

The video appeared on Liveleak.com and is already generating controversy for a US government that has had to deal with multiple scandals involving deplorable conduct of American troops in Afghanistan.

The video, taken from the cockpit of an AH64 Apache helicopter in the 101st airborne division, shows an air raid on an Afghan roadway. As the pilots close in on the target, they release a hellfire missile. The targets can be seen as little white spots in the middle of the road. They turn to run, and the moment before they are engulfed in flame, one of the pilots comes over the com with his rendition of the most famous line of the American classic..... MORE
SourceRT.com

URL: http://www.rt.com/news/american-pilot-target-video-582/

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