F-16 Fires on Elementary School

why do things like this always happen to the Jersey Guard... it seems they
have been in the news for something about every other year..

BT

"Dean Wilkinson" wrote in message
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NEW YORK (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.

IIRC, this guy was with the MD Guard. Lots of different guards use the
range in NJ.

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)

I don't have to like Bush and Cheney (Or Kerry, for that matter) to love
America

"BTIZ" wrote in message
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why do things like this always happen to the Jersey Guard... it seems they
have been in the news for something about every other year..

BT

"Dean Wilkinson" wrote in message
m...
NEW YORK (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.