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F/A-18 bomb misses target, sparks fire in Fla.
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday May 16, 2008 10:48:39 EDT
Posted : Friday May 16, 2008 10:48:39 EDT
OCALA, Fla. — Officials are investigating how a Navy fighter jet dropped a 500-pound laser-guided bomb a mile off target and sparked a wildfire in the Ocala National Forest.
About 150 acres burned after an F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter dropped a bomb that landed outside the target range, a news release from Naval Air Station Jacksonville said Wednesday.
Mike Drayton, a fire management officer with the U.S. Forest Service told the Ocala Star Banner Tuesday’s fire was contained. He said no structures were damaged and no one was hurt in the blaze.
The jet that dropped the bomb was from Strike Fighter Squadron 213, based out of Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va.
Telephone messages left after hours by The Associated Press with Naval Air Station Jacksonville and at Naval Air Station Oceana were not immediately returned. The telephone at a Florida Division of Forestry field office ran unanswered.
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