Posted on 09/06/2019 2:55:28 PM PDT by ransomnote
No one was injured when an A-10C Warthog "unintentionally released" a phosphorus smoke rocket about halfway between Phoenix and Tucson, the Air Force said.
The Air Force is investigating after a jet accidentally fired a rocket into the desert about halfway between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, on Thursday.
The Air Force said the jet, an A-10C Thunderbolt II, popularly known as the Warthog, "unintentionally released a single M-156 rocket" at about 10:40 a.m. while on a training mission.
No joke cross the border and you get white phosphorus.
I remember when some brass came to see an MLRS live fire - somehow the limit switch broke and the rocket pod pointed all 12 rockets at the Command M113 full of Colonels. It sure was fun to see everyone pile out and run for cover! Nothing went off, though.
Correct weapon station selected, Master Arm switch on, correct button on stick pressed. Pretty much it.
He will be busted for flying around with the MA not on safe. It is usually a switch that requires a deliberate movement, not just bumped.
“If you hit a human trafficker”
They’re all over that area, scurrying like the rats they are
Got lookouts in the hills
If the A-10s from Davis-Monthan wanna go after those guys, I’m all for it
Make for a good show in the early morning
In 2004, an Air National Guard F-16 accidentally fired its M61 Vulcan cannon during a test of its airborne laser; eight rounds hit the Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School on Long Island’s south shore.
No students or teachers were present in the building when the incident occurred, and there were no injuries.
“It happens all the time and it happens worse. “
I live next to an Air Force base the supports a firing range. About every other year something gets away from them. It is part of defending our country.
Uh, Martha Mcsally.......... just sayin’
unintentionally release
I think of base ball
In the mid 1980s, the F-18 was new and cute. They were light years more capable than the preceding aircraft.
I was on a mortar shoot at Camp Pendleton. We were sharing airspace with some F-18s (We would fire our mortars for a period and the F-18s would drop some bombs). They were using practice bombs (bombs filled with concrete and a little smoke to give a tell where it hit). We were having as much fun watching the F-18s lob bombs as we were shooting our mortars. When I say lobbing, it means that the planes would execute a roll and as they were upside down they would release their bombs. It is the aerial equivalent of throwing a hand grenade. Well, one plane lobbed one very short. It landed about a hundred feet in front of us. We were sprinting to avoid the damned thing. Our first thoughts were to take it home as a souvenir.
One of the pilots must have felt the need to report the error; which would have ruined the guilty party's career. So we got a radio transmission for range safety asking for the distance of the bombs impact. Without missing a beat, my radios operator said it hit about a 1000 meters in-front of us and could they do it again, because it was "so cool." About a minute later, the F-18s flew over and waved their wings at us and the lobbed the rest of their ordnance in-front of us (at about a 1000 meters away). We all wished we had beer to make the experience perfect.
Well, at least that was less expensive than bashing a parked freighter with a frigate.
1–Treat every A-10 as if it were loaded.
2–Always keep your rocket launcher pointed in a safe direction.
3–Be sure of your target and aware of what is beyond it.
4–Keep your finger outside of the trigger area until you are ready to shoot.
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