An A-10 Accidentally Lost Three Practice Bombs After Bird Strike in Florida.

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An A-10 Accidentally Lost Three Practice Bombs After Bird Strike in Florida.
July 2, 2019 Tom Demerly

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II was involved in a bird strike incident that resulted in the loss of three practice bombs over a restricted bombing range in northern Florida on Monday. There were no injuries reported.

According to a brief report published by the Air Force Times attributed to The Associated Press, “The Air Force said it didn’t know where the training bombs landed, but the suspected area was about 54 miles (87 kilometers) south of the base near Suwanee Springs in Northern Florida.”

The Air Force Times report went on to say, “Moody Air Force in central Georgia said in a news release there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage after the 25-pound (11-kilogram), non-explosive training munitions were dropped Monday afternoon by an A-10C Thunderbolt II jet. The base said a ‘bird strike’ had caused ‘an inadvertent release’ of the three dummy bombs.”

https://theaviationist.com/2019/07/02/an-a-10-accidentally-lost-three-practice-bombs-after-bird-strike-in-florida/