US war plane in NT bombing near miss
The Australian Defence Force says a stray bomb from a US plane has narrowly missed a control building at a weapons range about 150 kilometres south-west of Katherine in the Northern Territory.
The incident happened on Wednesday night at the Delamere bombing range during an annual international exercise.
The bomb was dropped from a US Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet.
No people were injured but the mishap caused some damage to facilities.
All bombing activity at the range has since stopped.
The Royal Australian Air Force's Directorate of Flying Safety is investigating, along with the US Marine Corps.
Exercise Southern Frontier involves about 500 personnel from the US's Japan-based aviation units.
Anyone remember the guy who lived at the wreckers a couple of years ago and had a stray fuel tank land on his car? Are these things common events or rare?