F-16 Training Facilites Interdiction

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F-16 Training Facilites Interdiction
« em: Novembro 05, 2004, 02:00:20 pm »
NEW YORK, Nov 4 (Reuters) - A National Guard F-16 fighter
plane mistakenly fired off 25 rounds of ammunition at the
Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School in South New Jersey on
Wednesday night.
The pilot was meant to fire the rounds some 3 1/2 miles
away at a military target range, Lt. Col. Roberta Niedt of the
New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs told
reporters in the Jersey shore township's police headquarters.
No one was injured as school was out and a lone custodian
was inside the building when the bullets hit.
Damage was minimal as the non-exploding, 20 millimeter
bullets left only puncture marks in the school's roof and the
asphalt outside the building.
The fighter jet was part of the 113th Wing, District of
Columbia Air National Guard assigned to Andrews Air Force Base
in Maryland.
An investigation is being conducted into how the pilot
mistook the school, located on Frog Pond Road, for a target
range.
Jorge Lima