A US air controller frantically tried to abort a bombing mission in Kuwait when he realised he had directed a pilot to attack a military observation post .

Pentagon officials are investigating what went wrong in a training exercise in Kuwait in which a US navy warplane dropped a bomb on military personnel, killing six people.

A US Navy warplane mistakenly bombed soldiers during a training exercise in Kuwait, killing five Americans and a New Zealander.

A US Navy plane has accidentally dropped some form of munitions on a bombing range in Kuwait, killing five people.