Hungary: U.S. Military Violated Airspace

AP ^ | Sat, Mar 01, 2003 | AP

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Hungary: U.S. Military Violated Airspace

Sat, Mar 01, 2003

BUDAPEST, Hungary - U.S. military aircraft violated Hungarian sovereignty last month by using the country's airspace for unauthorized purposes, the defense minister said Saturday.

The incident occurred Feb. 20 when six helicopters and a tanker aircraft belonging to the U.S. armed forces flew over Hungary on their way to a military base in Romania, Defense Minister Ferenc Juhasz said at a meeting of parliament's defense committee.

Hungary had only permitted the United States to use its airspace in connection with the Enduring Freedom operation in Afghanistan. But the Feb. 20 flights were for other, unspecified purposes.

Juhasz said the United States informed him Friday afternoon that a mix-up had occurred and the seven aircraft in question had not flown to Afghanistan.

"The United States apologized for the incident," Juhasz said.

The government sent a "strongly worded" reply asking U.S. authorities to avoid similar mistakes in the future, Juhasz said.

[First_Salute]

Oops.

[Consort]

Here already.

[Destro]

D'Oh!

[FirstTomato]

USA to Hungary: whatcha gonna do 'bout it, dude? throw a temper tantrum?

[Stavka2]

The exact attitude problem that gets people blowing up the "Ugly Americans".

[FirstTomato]

Oh get a freakin life, man. It was a joke.

[LonghornFreeper]

So it would be ok for a Hungarian aircraft to violate our airspace? Hungary is a democracy, just like us. If we randomly violate our agreements with other nations, and then claim to fight for truth and freedom, we are hypocrits.

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