Well, look who else can mistakenly strafe and not the target:-
USAF Settles With N.J. Elementary School Accidentally Strafed by F-16
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J. — The Air Force will pay more than $500,000 to an Ocean County elementary school that was mistakenly shot by an F-16 on a training maneuver two years ago.
Under a settlement announced Wednesday, the Air Force will pay $519,070 in compensation to the Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School. The building was damaged by 27 rounds of inert 20mm ammunition from an air cannon mounted on the plane during a Nov. 3, 2004 nighttime mission over the New Jersey Pinelands.
The military blamed the pilot for the accident, but also said poorly designed controls in the F-16 played a role.
No one was injured in the mishap, which rattled the southern Ocean County region surrounding the Warren Grove Gunnery Range. Eight of the 2-inch lead rounds punched through the school's roof, knocking down ceiling tiles.
At least one round struck a child's desk, and others scuffed the asphalt in the parking lot. The rounds explode on impact when they are live.
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