One reviewer, who describes himself as an Italian, has expressed much displeasure about the portrayal of his fellow Italians in this episode. His allegations are patently false. There is no reference to the mafia, no spaghetti or other pasta, and no mandolin music. The treatment and the portrayals of the Italians here are invariably sensitive and respectful. One Italian, Capt. Balducci, becomes caught in a lie (his false testimony) during cross-examination in a courtroom hearing -- just as both Harm and Mac have repeatedly caught US citizens in similarly compromised situations. Another Italian, Col. Marcello, is portrayed as biased, hard-nosed, and one-sided, just as the series has likewise portrayed many US officers and others. A third Italian, Signor Antinori, is portrayed as sincerely but incorrectly persuaded that previous low-level training flights had affected his daughter's health or pregnancy. Two other Italians, Franco Restivo and his daughter, Arianna, are portrayed as honest, honorable, and respected. Nothing in this episode even remotely presents one or more Italians as foolish, goofy, or stupid. Quite to the contrary, it presents them as real human beings with both desirable and undesirable traits, behavior, and characteristics. Yes, we well recall the unfortunate and regrettable incident at Cermis involving Capt. Ashby of the US Marine Corps. This episode, which first aired on 05 May 1998, clearly was a response to that accident, which had occurred on 03 February 1998. Two interesting points are that the airspeed of each aircraft was 540 knots, and the starboard wing of each aircraft struck something else. The first reviewer refers to the US Army and "USA soldiers". None of them is in the US Army; none of them is a soldier. All the US military people in this episode are members of the US Navy or the US Marine Corps, not the US Army. Further, JAG has never suggested or pretended that all of us US citizens or US military members are always completely good, or that any of us is ever perfect. Again, quite to the contrary, JAG presents a wide variety of imperfect people of various nationalities, both good and bad people, who display both good and bad behavior. No, this episode -- indeed, this entire series -- does not consist of racism or prejudice.