F-16 straffs school in New Jersey

[OutHouse]

just wow

 

[pulse8]

:Q:Q:Q

 

[Phoenix86]

" The pilot of the single-seat jet was supposed to fire at a target on the ground three and half miles away from school, said Col. Brian Webster, commander of the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard. He does not know what happened that led to the school getting shot up.

The plane was 7,000 feet in the air when the shots were fired. The gun, an M61-A1 Vulcan cannon, is located in the plane's left wing. It fires 2-inch-long bullets that are made of lead and do not explode, said Webster. "

:shocked::shocked::shocked:

 

[PanzerIV]

Always great when crazy things like this happen when nobody is around when the disaster could have been much worse. Interesting story, Citrix.

 

[tec699]

I only live 35 min from Egg Harbor.

 

[Glitchny]

oh wow whoever was flying that is so dead

First kids with guns and next is gonna be kids in fighter jets

 

[TechnoKid]

if he was 7,000 feet up, and the intended target was 3 miles away from teh school, its entirely possible the gun was aimed totally wrong? Maybe i'll draw a triangle diagram later.

 

[Chompman]

Must had gone to that school when he was a kid

 

[maddogchen]

they should not put schools within 20 miles of a live fire target range. Or anything with civilians nearby.

 

[Glitchny]

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
if he was 7,000 feet up, and the intended target was 3 miles away from teh school, its entirely possible the gun was aimed totally wrong? Maybe i'll draw a triangle diagram later.

I understand what u mean, but still its one hell of a mistake

 

[Mik3y]

luckily those rounds werent explosive. otherwise, there'd be 1 ft holes in the ceiling.

 

[caivoma]

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
if he was 7,000 feet up, and the intended target was 3 miles away from teh school, its entirely possible the gun was aimed totally wrong? Maybe i'll draw a triangle diagram later.

but that is dangerous though, a target about 3 miles away from a school....

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: maddogchen
they should not put schools within 20 miles of a live fire target range. Or anything with civilians nearby.

:thumbsup: or, they shouldn't put live fire targets near a school

 

[PingSpike]

Trump to F-16 pilot: "You're fired."

 

[Brutuskend]

:shocked:

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: maddogchen
they should not put schools within 20 miles of a live fire target range. Or anything with civilians nearby.

urban sprawl maybe have reached the base

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: Chompman
Must had gone to that school when he was a kid

hahaha


well, i'm glad that the damage doesn't seeem TOO bad from the description, and that no one was hurt.

 

[Kaervak]

LMFAO, I just find this story really damn funny. Thankfully no-one was hurt.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Hammer

Originally posted by: maddogchen
they should not put schools within 20 miles of a live fire target range. Or anything with civilians nearby.

urban sprawl maybe have reached the base

"The range has been used by the military since the end of World War II, long before this area of south Jersey was developed."

Sounds like it. Base was there first, so they decided to build a school next to it.

 

[OulOat]

Originally posted by: caivoma

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
if he was 7,000 feet up, and the intended target was 3 miles away from teh school, its entirely possible the gun was aimed totally wrong? Maybe i'll draw a triangle diagram later.

but that is dangerous though, a target about 3 miles away from a school....

The article states that the Air Force was using the range long before the school was built, so I see it as the school's own damn fault for being so close to the range.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

I wonder if someone botched the target coordinates?

 

[dnuggett]

Originally posted by: maddogchen
they should not put schools within 20 miles of a live fire target range. Or anything with civilians nearby.

Which was there first the school or the range?

 

[TitanDiddly]

Originally posted by: Glitchny
its one hell of a mistake

Originally posted by: dnuggett

Originally posted by: maddogchen
they should not put schools within 20 miles of a live fire target range. Or anything with civilians nearby.

Which was there first the school or the range?

The range. In small towns, the locally elected board of selectmen decides on the location of a school, and then the people vote on it. So it's mostly people who (IMO) aren't qualified to decide exactly how close the school can be to a firing range.

 

[OMG1Penguin]

Originally posted by: hotchilisauce

Originally posted by: maddogchen
they should not put schools within 20 miles of a live fire target range. Or anything with civilians nearby.

:thumbsup: or, they shouldn't put live fire targets near a school

"The range has been used by the military since the end of World War II, long before this area of south Jersey was developed. "

No, he was right, vice versa.

 

[maddogchen]

Originally posted by: dnuggett

Originally posted by: maddogchen
they should not put schools within 20 miles of a live fire target range. Or anything with civilians nearby.

Which was there first the school or the range?

quote:
"The range has been used by the military since the end of World War II, long before this area of south Jersey was developed."
range most likely.