Talk:Mrkonjić Grad incident

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The tone of the article is inappropriate; it recounts the whole thing breathlessly, as though this were some kind of thriller novel. Will fix and remove warning afterward.

Contents 1 What the 2 Fair use rationale for Image:UCK NLA.jpg 3 Possible Copyright Violation 4 Name

[edit] What the

The article does not give any background for the incident. What were those pilots doing in Bosnia? Why would Serbs fire on a U.S. aircraft? What would've happened to O'Grady if he were captured? I guess I could find out on my own, but it can't hurt to have an intro / background section. --Itinerant1 10:04, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

How is this a Serb military victory? Or anyones military victory? A plane was shot down and the pilot evaded capture and was rescued. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.195.8.81 (talk) 22:20, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

And how in the hell is Mrkonjic supposed to be pronounced with only TWO vowels present???65.69.81.2 (talk) 14:44, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:UCK NLA.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 11:29, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Possible Copyright Violation

Paragraphs 2 and 3 of the The incident section seems to be partially rewritten versions of paragraphs 9 and 10 from F16.net article listed under External links. They are not exactly the same but they are pretty close. - Wgsimon (talk) 01:28, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Name

So, who calls it "the Mrkonjić Grad incident"? The name of this place barely appears in English sources, let alone in connection with this event. There doesn't seem to be a standard name in the US other than "Scott O'Grady rescue" (or "rescue of ..."). But this is not the name it is known by. --Dhartung | Talk 22:02, 2 June 2008 (UTC)