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WTF?!? Why would a pilot target a school?

Pilot obviously has very bad aim.

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WTF?!? Why would a pilot target a school?

Errors in the navigation equiptment? At night the school is dark and I'll assume that the target he/she was suppose to his was also dark? The Pilot was a pupil at the school and has serious issues about detention there? I'm just glad that no one was hurt.

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WTF?!? Why would a pilot target a school?


Undeniably demonstrating the reason why collateral damage occurs in war. Even under optimal firing-range conditions, sometimes people fuck up.



Just be thankfull that it wasn't a live-ammo bombing exercise run during school hours....

Yea I saw this on the news. Luckily it was at 11:00 at night and no one got hurt.

I believe it was a training exercise. I think we need to check into why they are training with live ammo! I'd expect this pilot to be reassigned to flying cargo planes..

Yea I saw this on the news. Luckily it was at 11:00 at night and no one got hurt.

I believe it was a training exercise. I think we need to check into why they are training with live ammo! I'd expect this pilot to be reassigned to flying cargo planes..

Nah, he's practicing for his Iraqi assignment. Need to practice blowing up civilian buildings you know.

Nah, he's practicing for his Iraqi assignment. Need to practice blowing up civilian buildings you know.

Not even funny. :rolleyes:

Nah, he's practicing for his Iraqi assignment. Need to practice blowing up civilian buildings you know.

Wow 5 replies before someone brings up Iraq... Damn I lost the bet... I was hoping for at least three more replies. :rolleyes:

Not even funny. :rolleyes:

Good thing, they weren't doing bombing practice on the day then?

Wow 5 replies before someone brings up Iraq... Damn I lost the bet... I was hoping for at least three more replies. :rolleyes:

sorry to burst your bubble ( ;) )but it was three, i just deleted mine due to the shame of typing such a crappy 'joke'

What I don't understand is why the heck the pilot fired his/her vulcan at the school. Its very rare to fire machine guns for strafing attacks these days, especially at structures. Now, had the plane been an A-10, it would have made more sense, but the school would no longer be standing.

It must have been a terrorist training facility, this pilot deserves a medal.

What I don't understand is why the heck the pilot fired his/her vulcan at the school. Its very rare to fire machine guns for strafing attacks these days, especially at structures. Now, had the plane been an A-10, it would have made more sense, but the school would no longer be standing.
That would have been funny, then we would know what those depleted uranium munitions really do.

If its anything like my school, he certainly does.

sorry to burst your bubble ( ;) )but it was three, i just deleted mine due to the shame of typing such a crappy 'joke'

Nope, Still 5 replies... not counting the first one. the First reply to mention Iraq was #5

That would have been funny, then we would know what those depleted uranium munitions really do.

yeah all the kids would come away with gulf war syndrome....not good

What I don't understand is why the heck the pilot fired his/her vulcan at the school. Its very rare to fire machine guns for strafing attacks these days, especially at structures. Now, had the plane been an A-10, it would have made more sense, but the school would no longer be standing.

My guess is that they were not even practicing with their guns. Some thing happened while the pilot was flying to cause him to squeeze off a few rounds.

The real question would be why the heck do they let them have live ammo. Near populated areas...

What I don't understand is why the heck the pilot fired his/her vulcan at the school. Its very rare to fire machine guns for strafing attacks these days, especially at structures. Now, had the plane been an A-10, it would have made more sense, but the school would no longer be standing.

"When asked what happened, Captn Calvin's eyes glazed over... and he muttered It was Spaceman's Spiff's duty to rid the world of her evil regime." The he and his wingman Corpl Hobbes left to attend a G.R.O.S.S. Meeting."

Nope, Still 5 replies... not counting the first one. the First reply to mention Iraq was #5

can't you see my deleted post? i will happily reinstate what it said but i would rather do without it me thinks

Originally Posted by JuNii
"When asked what happened, Captn Calvin's eyes glazed over... and he muttered It was Spaceman's Spiff's duty to rid the world of her evil regime." The he and his wingman Corpl Hobbes left to attend a G.R.O.S.S. Meeting."

Good one.

The military is investigating the incident that damaged Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School in southern New Jersey shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday. The school is a few miles from a military firing range.

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In 2002, an Air National Guard F-16 that had been practicing attacks at the range crashed along the Garden State Parkway. The plane's pilot ejected safely, and no one on the ground was hurt.


Errant practice bombs were blamed for forest fires that burned more than 11,000 acres of the Pine Barrens near the range in 1999 and more than 1,600 acres in 2002.

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Isn't the practice range a little to close to the civilian areas?

Friendly Fire?

Yeah, I'd say that they are too close to the civvies. Air Force bases are often decently removed from population centers, similar to the Army bases. But because the Air National Guard is supposed to be "part of the community," their bases are usually located too close, especially on the densely populated East coast.

One more thing to be happy about. Even though the facilities might be too close, if we were invaded, the military bases are safely distant to avoid civilian casualties. Glad the U.S. is kind enough not to put obvious targets in the middle of cities and towns.

Friendly Fire?
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Yeah, I'd say that they are too close to the civvies. Air Force bases are often decently removed from population centers, similar to the Army bases. But because the Air National Guard is supposed to be "part of the community," their bases are usually located too close, especially on the densely populated East coast.

One more thing to be happy about. Even though the facilities might be too close, if we were invaded, the military bases are safely distant to avoid civilian casualties. Glad the U.S. is kind enough not to put obvious targets in the middle of cities and towns.

Actually, where I live there's a air base smack bang in the middle of it city next to the civilian airport due to the way the city grew. Where I work, I see the planes leaving the air base (and they are bloody noisy).