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Pentagon caves to Sun pressure

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THE Sun yesterday got the secret “friendly fire” film declassified ? and available for an inquest.

We piled on the pressure by handing over a DVD copy of the harrowing 15-minute cockpit recording to Coroner’s officer Geoff Webb.

Official footage will now be passed to Oxford Assistant Deputy Coroner Andrew Walker who is leading the inquiry into Matty Hull’s death.

American military chiefs had refused to give up the “top secret” recording to the inquest after it was first officially revealed last week.

But after relentless pressure yesterday following The Sun’s exclusive the Pentagon caved in.

But that was only after talks at the highest levels of the Ministry of Defence and the US Department of Defence.

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