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Bad day....

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Tango_Romeo

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...at the range? :woot:

Sobering shot of an SUV that got lit up by mistake by an F16 driver near the air-ground gunnery range outside Dugway, Utah. The 'light paint and body damage' is the result of a one-quarter-second burst by the fighter's 20 mm gun, which fires about 3000 rounds per minute. An estimated 70 rounds left the gun; the results are as you see here.

What's even more astonishing is - the SUV was being driven at the time. The driver and the guy in the right-hand passenger seat escaped with some light glass injury to the driver, and a dislocated shoulder to the passenger. The shots hit the gas tank, but didn't explode; the gas just leaked out.

The passenger who normally sits in the back seat had just moved to another vehicle.

The vehicle was on the military reservation, but a full three miles away from the gunnery range.

The pilot is prob ably busily writing 'I WILL NOT ENGAGE SOFT CIVILIAN VEHICLES IN NO-FIRE ZONES' 1,000 times, after which he will be PCS'd to Shemeya AFB, Alaska.

The good news is that he only had 508 plus or minus 2 rounds of ball training ammo and not HEI (high explosive incendiary)!
I would imagine this event will have an impact on his career!
 
What was the SUV doing there? Was it just passing through? Was it legal? I'm glad all parties were okay!
 
Hey, they all walked away, must have been a good day!

See what happens when you entrust a multimillion dollar aircraft to a butter bar?!:monkies:
 
You know...

...what I know. :faint:

I got the email from a retired GM executive. :whistle:
 
The rest of the....

...story:

Two soldiers in a sport utility vehicle had the scare of their lives when an F-16 fighter jet from Hill Air Force Base opened fire on their SUV at the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR).

The incident occurred during a nighttime training mission in which the fighter pilot was practicing shooting at ground targets.

A Hill Air Force Base spokeswoman says the soldiers were not hit, but did suffer minor injuries "while exiting the vehicle in rough terrain,"

The sport utility vehicle, a rental from Avis, was in part of the range where the Air Force uses live ammunition in mock combat. Lt. Beth Woodward says it was not clear whether the soldiers were supposed to be in the area when the pilot fired.

Air Force investigators have closed part of the range as they investigate the incident.

An investigation board, headed by 388th Fighter Wing Commander Scott Dennis, will determine whether the soldiers were in the wrong area of the range or whether the fighter pilot targeted the wrong vehicle.

I'm thinking that:

A) somehow cool, refreshing alcoholic beverages were involved.

B) the occupants of the vehicle just happened to be the pilot's girlfriend and his ex-best friend, who claimed to be scouting locations for next Sunday's church picnic. :friday:
 
Looks like he needs more training on " Navigation " techniques than target practice

OTTO :wavey:
 
See what happens when the Army stops teaching land navigation and relies too much on GPS!!!:faint:
 
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