Posted on 12/28/2002 10:57:17 AM PST by hoosierskypilot
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Gloria Aker got a late Christmas present this week when the U.S. Air Force agreed to settle a claim for damage it caused when it accidentally bombed her Monahans home in July.
Aker's West Texas home was hit by a dummy bomb accidentally dropped from an Air Force F-177A Nighthawk on a practice run from Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.
Although the dummy didn't contain explosives, it pierced the roof of Aker's home, flew across a bathroom, slammed through a wall into a closet, then plowed six feet into the ground.
On top of that, a device used to locate the bomb discharged smoke throughout the house.
Aker was in her home with her two children when the bomb hit. Her daughter was at her side, but her son was in his bedroom, and she frantically called through the smoke for him. All three were shaken but unharmed.
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We can only be glad that no one was in the bathroom at the time, although they all probably needed it afterwards.
But how do you land an F-117A on a carrier?
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