BlåGul -1 9x19 Posted July 19, 2002 BlåGul -1 Report Posted July 19, 2002 Air Force Fighter Pilot Grounded By CHRIS ROBERTS Associated Press Writer July 18, 2002, 8:24 PM EDT HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- The Air Force has grounded a fighter pilot who accidentally dropped three dummy bombs, including one that fell on a house. The pilot did not know his F-117A stealth fighter was carrying the 25-pound practice bombs as he targeted trash bins and other structures during a training exercise Tuesday, the pilot's wing commander said. "This is not the way we do business, and we're very disappointed it happened," Brig. Gen. Marc Rogers said. The pilot, whose name was not released, dropped the bombs on a home in Monahans, Texas, and near roads in Pecos, Texas, and Maljimar, N.M. No one was injured. The pilot was suspended pending an investigation. "What they did, that was negligence," said Gloria Aker, who was home with her young son and 17-year-old daughter when the practice bomb slammed through her roof, into a bathroom and plowed six feet into the ground. "They could have killed my kids." Aker initially could not find her son in his bedroom. "There was smoke," Aker said. "I was screaming and he didn't answer me." Rogers said training flights are routinely flown around the Southwest using cameras to simulate bombs aimed at targets, sometimes in populated areas. Rogers said a routine preflight check, performed by pilots and maintenance personnel, includes an inspection of the bomb bay. But other factors, including a mechanical failure in the plane, may have caused the accident, he said. Rogers said the Air Force will repair Aker's home.
Ing Posted July 19, 2002 Report Posted July 19, 2002 Har det inte t.o.m. tappats icke armerade kärnvapen? Eller var det något plan som störtade som hade det med sig, elelr något liknande? Dock var det förmodligen inte lika "avsiktigt" som det här. =)
Fu Johanson Posted July 19, 2002 Report Posted July 19, 2002 Jo, det ligger några kärnvapen i Stilla havet och Atlanten... Dels från kraschade plan och dels från ett par som tvingats släppa dem inför nödlandning.
Nifelhel Posted July 20, 2002 Report Posted July 20, 2002 Var det inte en Viggen som gjorde en liknande grej och "tappa" nå't, rakt ner någons vardagsrum för typ 15år sedan?? Jo jänkarna har tappat bort lite "nukes", bla annat vätebomber. Har för mig att dem förlorade 3st någonstans i Mexikanska golfen, dem hittade dock 2st av dem. ???
granQ Posted July 20, 2002 Report Posted July 20, 2002 måste kännas lite lustigt att släppa en vätebomb för man ska nödladda.. jag menar om man har otur är det inte direkt läge att landa ;)
LeadHead Posted July 20, 2002 Report Posted July 20, 2002 Jag har för mig att det ligger en atombomb i något träsk i North/South Carolina. Läst i en informationsbroschyr av något slag...
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