Tarnak Farm incident

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On the night of April 17, 2002, a United States F-16 fighter jet piloted by Air National Guard Major William Umbach and Major Harry Schmidt dropped a laser-guided 500-pound (230 kg) bomb on a Canadian training camp in Tarnak Farms, Afghanistan, killing four Canadian soldiers and injuring eight members of the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group (3PPCLIBG) in what is known as the Tarnak Farm incident. The Canadian soldiers were conducting a firing exercise at Tarnak Farms. The Air National Guards, thinking that the shots were aimed at them, dropped a bomb in "self-defence", an act that would lead to both Umbach and Schmidt being tried on counts of negligent manslaughter, aggravated assault, and dereliction of duty. The deaths were the first of Canada's war in Afghanistan, and the first Canadian deaths in a combat zone since the Korean War.

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