USAF officer acquitted in Iraqi shootdown incident

A 10-member U.S. Air Force jury yesterday acquitted the senior director aboard the E-3B Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) involved in last year's "friendly fire" incident over Iraq. Capt. Jim Wang, the only officer court-martialled for his role in the April 14, 1994, shootdown of two U.S...

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