[TADSLOS]

The pilot did not know his F-117A stealth fighter was carrying the 25-pound practice bombs

Ahem...

[sidegunner]

When I flew there was somthing called a PRE-FLIGHT WALK-AROUND INSPECTION performed by the pilot-in-command. It included looking and shaking everthing that you could access without tools.(If it's gonna' fall off....I hope like hell it falls off now).Somebody blew it...big time.

[Howie]

Imagine this: "I was dry-firing my deer-rifle at a F-117......." Leavenworth here I come!

[1rudeboy]

"What they did, that was negligence," said Gloria Aker . . . .

I suspect she did not come up with that word by herself. [smirk]

[robertpaulsen]

"as he targeted trash bins and other structures"

My first thought was "did he hit was he was aiming for?" If so, maybe that ought to be taken into consideration.

[Wm Bach]

What a shame to kill one's own career. It will be interesting to see if he's allowed back into a cockpit
at all. Probably be flying supplies to the Antarctic
in an old silver and orange SAC C-130 for the rest of his
service. A fate worse than death for a fighter jock.

[pad 34]

...as he targeted trash bins and other structures...

Well, sounds like he hit what he was aiming for, in my mind a Kill is a Kill.

I explain some of my other "off range" activities when granted immunity.

[NSpiritOnly]

Living in Monahans I have a copy of the local paper with some local comments. I can post them by hand as it is not an on line paper, if anyone wants to read them.

The local paper comes out once a week even if there is no news. Half the paper was about this.

This is a small town, very patriotic, and was very shocked that this happened to them, with so much desert around to practice on cows or old oilfield equipment. It is not far from the old long gone Rattlesnake Bomber Base of WWII fame.

I am about 15 blocks away from the site and NO I have not driven over to look at it. The Brass came in, checked for radioactive material, kept everyone away, said we are sorry, will pay the damages and departed. They called about two hours after the drop to let the local authorities know they “thought” they had hit a house here.

When they called they knew what had been done.

Not too many years ago meteorites hit this town and that was what the locals thought it was until they were notified by the Brass.