F-16 Jet Fires On NJ School

[Kire]

F-16 Jet Fires On NJ School
LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J., Nov. 4, 2004


A National Guard F-16 fighter jet on a nighttime training mission strafed an elementary school with 25 rounds of ammunition, authorities said Thursday. No one was injured.

The military is investigating the incident that damaged Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School shortly after 11 p.m.

Police were called when a custodian who was the only person in the school at the time heard what sounded like someone running across the roof.

Police Chief Mark Siino said officers noticed punctures in the roof. Ceiling tiles had fallen into classrooms, and there were scratch marks in the asphalt outside.

The pilot of the single-seat jet was supposed to fire at a target on the ground three and half miles away from school, said Col. Brian Webster, commander of the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard. He does not know what happened that led to the school getting shot up.

The plane was 7,000 feet in the air when the shots were fired. The gun, an M61-A1 Vulcan cannon, is located in the plane's left wing. It fires 2-inch-long bullets that are made of lead and do not explode, said Webster.

"The National Guard takes this situation very seriously," said Lt. Col. Roberta Niedt, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. "The safety of our people and the surrounding communities are our foremost concern."

Schools in New Jersey were closed Thursday because of a teachers convention.

More: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/04/national/main653804.shtml

[Carl Brennan]

Terrorists hide in schools sometimes

that's what I heard once.

[KingChicken]

1. They are just getting ready to enforce civil obedience

Got to keep those kids in line....

[Ivote]

3. Dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=958424&mesg_id=958446

[Kire]

5. shit, sorry

that always happens when I post in LBN...DOH!

[kikiek]

2. Sounds like Bush is finally in the process of completing his NG duty.

[WillyT]

4. Right-Wing Getting Ready To Close The Dept. Of Education... I Suppose !

:wtf:

[Old and In the Way]

6. The war on education has started in earnest.

Leave no school building standing.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. NJ is a blue state

As * said we've got to take the fight to the terrorists.

[Spangle]

8. Live Ammo?

Training I understand. I live in an area where they "train." But I was told they don't use live ammo.

This isn't right. Not at all. There is NO reason to practice with live ammo.

[Moderator]

9. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=958424