[MilCom] F-16 Fighter Mistakenly Fires at New Jersey School

[Bob]

--- Jason R <jason_esva at yahoo.com> wrote:

> All Milcom Members
> 
> I am sorry I know this is not
> on-topic but to keep it on
> topic I will ask if anyone
> heard anything about this
> on there radios.When the Air National 
> Guard gets gone with this pilot he will 
> be lucky to fly a kite!! How dumb can you
> be to mistake a school for a building on 
> the firing range.I dont want to think what
> could have happen if this had happen when 
> school was going on and the school was full 
> of kids!!
> 
> 
> http://news.yahoo.com/news?
> tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041104/us_nm/security_school_dc_1

Before you start pointing fingers and calling the
pilot "dumb", you should wait for the investigation to
be completed. In addition to pilot error, mechanical
failure of the weapon system is also a real
possibility currently under investigation.

In my mind, I question the sanity of people who build
a school and homes within 3.5 miles of a firing range.
Yes, the range was there first. It sits in the middle
of the Pine Barrens that, before it started to be
developed, was very isolated. Fortunately, accidents
are very rare. Most people living in the area are very
supportive of the range and the men and women who
train there. They realize the military was there
first.

Again, let's wait to see what really happened instead
of jumping to accusations. 

Bob
Bucks County, PA


		
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