“Two F-16s were taking part in a mock attack on the uninhabited island...”
Umm, if you are using live ammo, it’s not a “mock attack”!
When I was in our F16s always had their guns loaded. The missiles might have been trainers but the gun was always live.
Had one guy taxied his plane back to the hanger without having the gun disarmed afteer a flight. big boo boo
Another one left his radar jammer on when he landed and fried the base radar. Ahh fun times in a war zone.
And if there are people on the island, it’s not uninhabited