A-10 Aircraft From Whiteman Accidentally Releases Munition

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[esryle]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Whiteman Air Force Base announced that an A-10 aircraft from the 442nd Fighter Wing accidentally released a small training munition Monday afternoon.

The accident happened at 3 p.m. Air Force officials said that the munition hit about 9 miles south of the Smoky Hill Tower, just outside the boundaries of the Smoky Hill range facility in Kansas, and caused a small grass fire. No one was hurt.

The aircraft safely returned here, where it is being inspected to help determine the cause of the accidental release.

The aircraft was on a training mission to the Smoky Hill range. The dropped munition, a BDU-33, is a roughly 20-pound training aide designed to give off a smoke charge to gauge the accuracy of practice bombing missions.

Whiteman officials said that a board of officers will investigate the incident.

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[2banana]

Another "hey, watch this!" incident?

[Fierce Allegiance]

The aircraft was on a training mission to the Smoky Hill range. The dropped munition, a BDU-33, is a roughly 20-pound training aide designed to give off a smoke charge to gauge the accuracy of practice bombing missions.

Well, at least they named the range correctly.

[Drango]

ooooops

[bankwalker]

Last week a school was shot up in NJ by military aircraft on a training mission.

[Izzy Dunne]

I'm sorry, Major - I thought you said "Smoke that hill" !!

[donozark]

I didn't know there were any hills in KS?

[Shryke]

Why didn't this report mention France attempting to surrender in response? Odd.

[sukhoi-30mki]

A week or so ago,a Polish built Iskra(basic turboprop trainer) of the Indian Airforce accidently released a practise bomb near an oil refinery.Thankfully-it was only carrying 25pound practise variants & nothing happened to the refinery.

[gura]

Maybe we can talk the Air Force into using Columbia MO as a training range instead. :-)

[USAF_ret]

Meet the newest Special Projects Officer for Whiteman...just in time for the annual Xmas tree sale and the Combined Federal Campaign.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Just one, in Wathena.

[OldFriend]

Definitely another uh oh.

And most annoying is that in the NJ incident the brass from the base is still saying....we're investigating.

[FreedomFarmer]

Naw, White Cloud's hill is bigger.

[green iguana]

Don't Kansans go to Florida to see the hills?

[Armedanddangerous]

Uh...what's this button do again??

[VOA]

Maybe we can talk the Air Force into using Columbia MO as a training range instead. :-)

Hold your fire!
Dubya actually carried Boone Co (wherein Columbia resides).

My contacts in Columbia do say the political-correctness factor there
is sickening, but that the ratio of Dubya:Kerry yard signs was about 2:1
in most of Colubia.

And that the FBI raided the home of folks associated with a Columbia-based Islamic "charity"
a few weeks ago...on the block of my Columbia contacts!

[Dogrobber]

Hey, none of that - I LIVE there.

I know that the percentage of liberals living here is pretty high, but George W. Bush DID carry this county (ok, by 92 votes only, but carry it he did).

[nw_arizona_granny]

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