"That's what your tax money goes for, sir," he told reporters at the Pentagon from Aviano Air Base in Northern Italy hours after the incident. "It wasn't much of a contest."
Three of the four U.S. F-16 jet pilots involved told reporters the Serb Galeb jets had dropped bombs in violation of a NATO no-fly order and were shot down at altitudes from about 1,500 to 30 meters as they tried to avoid detection.
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