The U.S. Air Force began evacuation of its aircraft and helicopters in preparation for ‘catastrophic’ Category 5 Hurricane Dorian. At MacDill Air Force Base, just outside Tampa, Florida, measures were underway to protect a wide range of observation planes, search-and-rescue planes, helicopters, and fighter jets from estimated 60 mph winds …
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on Jul. 1, 2019 at approximately 1:15 p.m. U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthog accidentally dropped bombs on Florida after ‘bird strike’ A-10C Thunderbolt II assigned to the 23d Fighter Group suffered a bird strike which caused an inadvertent release of three BDU-33s, a small non-explosive training munition Thankfully, the bombs were …
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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 …
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