07-05-2019, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart
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A US Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II out of Moody Air Force Base in Georgia accidentally dropped training bombs on Florida after hitting a bird, the 23rd Wing Public Affairs Office said in a statement.
The Moody attack aircraft assigned to the 23d Fighter Group "suffered a bird strike which caused an inadvertent release of three BDU-33s," 25-pound non-explosive training munitions used to simulate the 500-pound M1a-82 bomb, the statement said.
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