USAF Settles With N.J. Elementary School Accidentally Strafed by F-16
The U.S. Air Force will pay more than $500,000 to Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School for mistakenly strafing its building by an F-16 on a training maneuver two years ago.
The incident occurred because the pilot had turn the master arm switch on and squeezed the gun trigger in an attempt to get a laser marking from the targeting pod.
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