Friendly fire deaths linked to US pilots 'on speed'
'American pilots in Afghanistan, blamed for a series of "friendly fire" incidents and devastating erroneous attacks on innocent civilians, were routinely provided with amphetamines to tackle fatigue and help them fly longer hours. Pilots were allowed to "self-regulate" their own doses and kept the drugs in their cockpits ... Pilots who refused to take the drugs could be banned from taking part in a mission' ( Independent )
See also this Performance Maintenance manual (1.05MB PDF) for US Navy flight surgeons from 2000, this Toronto Star article from Thursday, this Vancouver Sun article from June, and this blog entry from last month

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