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US F-15 Jet Accidentally Bombs Suffolk

hamster5 | 12.01.2004 15:17 | Anti-militarism | Cambridge

A US F-15 jet based at the "Royal Air Force" base at Lakenheath (really a U.S. Air Force base in disguise) accidentally dropped an inert practice bomb in Suffolk UK at 1715 GMT on 8 January 2004.

Here's a link to the BBC article:

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm

hamster5

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disparities

12.01.2004 17:37

So, was this the kind of bomb used in teh famous surgical strikes?

Was the pilot one of those highly trained disciplined individuals who defends freedom?

It was interesting to note that they actually made an assessment of the damage- nobody hurt, minimal property damage. Did they do that in Iraq?

Furat Al-Samaraie
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Disciplinary reasons

13.01.2004 09:32

They probably only did the assessment because it was a training mission and so they could court martial the pilot for not managing to hit any civilians or British troops.

Afinkawan