Air Force A-10 hits bird, accidentally drops training bombs on Florida
https://www.al.com/news/2019/07/air-force-a-10-hits-bird-accidentally-drops-training-bombs-on-florida.html (https://www.al.com/news/2019/07/air-force-a-10-hits-bird-accidentally-drops-training-bombs-on-florida.html)
A mid-air bird collision led to a U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II dropping three training munitions over Florida, Air Force officials said.
The Thunderbolt, flying out of Moody Air Force Base in Georgia on Monday, “suffered a bird strike which caused the inadvertent release of three BDU-33sâ€, 25-pound non-explosive training munitions that simulate the 500-pound M1a-82 bomb, the 23rd Wing Public Affairs Office said.
The exact location of the munitions isn’t known but it is suspected they are located 54 miles southwest of Moody Air Force Base west of Highway 129 near Suwannee Springs in northern Florida. The munitions, about 22 and a half inches long and blue in color, are inert but is equipped with a small pyrotechnic charge and should not be handled. The Air Force asked anyone who discovers a munition to take note of its location and contact the post.
No injuries or damages have been reported and the incident remains under investigation.
Dry run for the real thing with a bogus cover story?
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