RAF typhoon pilot, Ben Chegui, must make a life-or-death decision on episode two of Channel 4’s Top Guns: Inside the RAF.
A fighter pilot who was previously deployed in Ukraine said being featured in Channel 4’s new documentary made him realise warzones are “not normal”.
In the episode, Mr Chergui inspected if an unidentified individual in Syria was a so-called Islamic State militant or a civilian by checking his fighter jet’s targeting camera, after analysing the person he was identified as a farmer.“The way UK policy works you know we just don’t drop bombs willy nilly, we need to be aware of what’s going on and have the full picture,” the pilot from Eastbourne, East Sussex, told the PA news agency.
“We rely and have faith that all the fidelity that has gone into selecting that target has been carried out before, that it’s a legitimate target, and all rules of engagement have allowed you to engage that. “It’s quite bizarre really, you’ve come from flying training to all of a sudden being on the frontline of operations,” he said.
“It’s not until you have a documentary crew following you around, or you’re talking to your friends and family about it, that you think well actually this isn’t normal – I’ve just normalised something that’s completely abnormal.”
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