F-16 Fires on Elementary School

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.

Well someone might have been praying in there.

And they think GA is a threat


"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.

A school 3 1/2 miles from an A/F firing
range???????????????????????????????????

________________
G. Paleologopoulos


"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.

g n p wrote:

A school 3 1/2 miles from an A/F firing
range???????????????????????????????????

Yeah. Shut down those schools, they are a threat to security.

Stefan

I think it proves we need 10nm TFR's around ALL SCHOOLS -
restrictions applying only to GA aircraft, of course.

"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."

Puncture Marks!? According to the Newark Star Ledger (a bastion of
journalistic accuracy)
(http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index....4233450600.xml)
eight rounds ended up in a classroom, and one went through a desk! 20mm
cannon rounds (even military ball practice rounds) don't leave "marks".

"We know a gun fired. We don't know why it fired," Webster said yesterday.
"The pilot was flying along, and the gun discharged."

As one who has accidentally hit his mike button on many occasions, I suspect
we can guess how it fired.

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)

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

"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.

In a previous article, "Bob Chilcoat" said:
"We know a gun fired. We don't know why it fired," Webster said yesterday.
"The pilot was flying along, and the gun discharged."

As one who has accidentally hit his mike button on many occasions, I suspect
we can guess how it fired.

Wasn't there an F-16 pilot who accidentally ejected while he was trying to
use his piddle pack?


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
Crowds want to beat, journalists deserve to be beaten. Where lies
the problem?
-- Lars Syrstad

Paul Tomblin wrote:
Wasn't there an F-16 pilot who accidentally ejected while he was trying to
use his piddle pack?

Yes, he had unbuckled his lap belt and placed it to each side, then
lowered his seat to get enough wiggle room to do his business. As he
was raising his seat back up, the lap belt was wrapped around the side
stick (I suppose it had an extension left in it that some of the fatter
boys needed - this pilot was a slim fellow). The lap belt started
getting pulled by the seat movement, causing the aircraft to go out of
control. Diagnosing the problem while unbuckled and pressed against the
canopy every other roll and while headed rapidly downhill was beyond his
ability so he stepped over the side.

Billy

I had no idea Falluja was in NJ.
"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.