USAF drops practice bomb on Yorkshire
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USAF drops practice bomb on Yorkshire
From BBC Online
Note: I deleted the original thread because it was nonsense.
US airforce practice bomb has been dropped on the Yorkshire countryside.
A spokesman for the United States airforce (USAF) said on Monday that the 25-pound BDU-33 training bomb landed in an area near Holme on Spalding Moor - six miles south west of Market Weighton in East Yorkshire.
The accident happened at about 1715 GMT on 8 January.
The device was dropped from an RAF Lakenheath F-15 fighter jet.
It was an inert practice bomb and no-one was hurt in the incident.
First Lieutenant Augustine Ekpoudom said: "There were no injuries, limited property damage, and the inert munition was recovered.
"The F-15E Strike Eagle was conducting a routine training mission at the time of the incident.
"Trained and experienced base personnel including Ministry of Defence, and local constabulary authorities responded to the scene and an investigation team is determining the cause of the incident."
A spokesman for the United States airforce (USAF) said on Monday that the 25-pound BDU-33 training bomb landed in an area near Holme on Spalding Moor - six miles south west of Market Weighton in East Yorkshire.
The accident happened at about 1715 GMT on 8 January.
The device was dropped from an RAF Lakenheath F-15 fighter jet.
It was an inert practice bomb and no-one was hurt in the incident.
First Lieutenant Augustine Ekpoudom said: "There were no injuries, limited property damage, and the inert munition was recovered.
"The F-15E Strike Eagle was conducting a routine training mission at the time of the incident.
"Trained and experienced base personnel including Ministry of Defence, and local constabulary authorities responded to the scene and an investigation team is determining the cause of the incident."
Just another disaster scenario dreamed up by the Emmerdale script writers - only the USAF took it literally? "Eh, Zak, them Yanks have bombed our pigs..."
Irregular release outside a danger area. I'm sure that a BoI will sort out the cause; the hysteria of the press should be given scant attnetion.
Irregular release outside a danger area. I'm sure that a BoI will sort out the cause; the hysteria of the press should be given scant attnetion.
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I heard another rumour that the Spams had discovered that a bomb had been placed on board one of their aircraft.... And this time it was for real!!
The security on the base is said to have been stepped up and an investigation is underway as to how this happened!!
The security on the base is said to have been stepped up and an investigation is underway as to how this happened!!
So Maggie Thatcher finally pursuaded the Bush Administration to begin the removal of that the Fearsome Yorkshire Dictator Arthur Scargill. In typical American fashion they arrived a couple of years late....
Better not tell them where I live...
Better not tell them where I live...
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It is very good news that no one was hurt in this unfortunate incident. I do wonder why all contributors so far have taken this so lightly, as if it is a natural and regular occurence. Please tell me I am mistaken. I can just imagine the uproar if this had happened in the States. How can this uncommanded release happen? Equipment failure, crew failure etc? Serious question and not directed at this incident which someone rightly said will be properly dealt with by a BoI.
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I seem to recall something like this happened in the US a while back.
An F-117? drop a practise bomb on a house or to be precise a toilet. Talk about sh@t hitting the fan
I seem to recall something like this happened in the US a while back.
An F-117? drop a practise bomb on a house or to be precise a toilet. Talk about sh@t hitting the fan
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I actually have a very very good friend who lives in Holme on Spalding Moor. She suggested the "Oh my god theres a bomb on our aircraft!" theory.
She also suggested that the "Crew" were bored and one said "I wonder what this button does..."
She is not an aviation buff. She doesn't know about the Bomb Release mechanisms on an F 15.
She does have her own opinion of the Americans and they ramshackle way they seem to opperate, with all the blue on blue etc.
This one was literally too close to home, a matter of a few hundred yards, but she still has a sence of humour, even though some one or something has seriously fowled up. She suspects the former.
She also suggested that the "Crew" were bored and one said "I wonder what this button does..."
She is not an aviation buff. She doesn't know about the Bomb Release mechanisms on an F 15.
She does have her own opinion of the Americans and they ramshackle way they seem to opperate, with all the blue on blue etc.
This one was literally too close to home, a matter of a few hundred yards, but she still has a sence of humour, even though some one or something has seriously fowled up. She suspects the former.
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Jimgriff- why on earth would any military a/c be carrying a live 1,000Iber in peace time??
This sure has happened before in the states, many times, as indeed in many countries. Its just unfortunate that this green and pleasant land of ours is just so small and damn overcrowded that if something like this does happen - theres gonna be someone somewhere fairly close by - even in the wilds of N Yorks, mid Wales, Scottish highlands etc etc.
Finally why is eveyone having a go at the Yanks as though they are the only ones stupid enough to do this kinda thing??
Anyone remember the "blacked runway at Waddington thread" from 19 December!??
This sure has happened before in the states, many times, as indeed in many countries. Its just unfortunate that this green and pleasant land of ours is just so small and damn overcrowded that if something like this does happen - theres gonna be someone somewhere fairly close by - even in the wilds of N Yorks, mid Wales, Scottish highlands etc etc.
Finally why is eveyone having a go at the Yanks as though they are the only ones stupid enough to do this kinda thing??
Anyone remember the "blacked runway at Waddington thread" from 19 December!??
Hairyclameater:
It is quite possible that live 1,000lb bombs are carried in peactime.
Thats why we have ranges all over the place. I understand that Garvey has had more tonnage of bombs dropped on it than Bagdad!!
It is quite possible that live 1,000lb bombs are carried in peactime.
Thats why we have ranges all over the place. I understand that Garvey has had more tonnage of bombs dropped on it than Bagdad!!
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Still, itīs not as impressive as the two FULL 2250l fuel tanks that one of my mates dropped from an F3 in the VERY near vicinity of the Shell service station by the A1.
No names mentioned, but the CVR tape was VERY well covered with expletives!
No names mentioned, but the CVR tape was VERY well covered with expletives!
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Didn't an Oz F/A18 put one through a Land Cruiser parked in a garage a couple of years ago?
There was a BDU-33 incident here, going back 10 or 15 years when an exchange officer (not US, in case you were wondering) targeted the wrong coloured light while night bombing, and went for the range hut instead of the target. Fortunately he missed, but I believe the fire tender wasn't so lucky...
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Sounds Familiar
Sounds an awful lot like the RAAF Accident a few years ago. They dropped a CATM (Captive Air Training Missile), basically an inert Aim-7/9 off the wingtip station of a Hornet. Only problem was, they did it over the middle of a city! The missile dropped onto some poor blokes Land Rover and completely destroyed it. Apparently it missed his family, who were having a BBQ by about 15'.
The RAAF gave him a new 4x4 though, and Land Rover used it in their Ad campaign....The only way to destroy a Rover.. Hit it with a missile! P-)
Seriously though, mistakes can and do happen, much as we hate to admit it...We just have to think about what we are going to do before we do it, to minimise this sort of thing. And hope not to be under the next we-know-not-what, that gets dropped of an aircraft, be it military or civillian.
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The RAAF gave him a new 4x4 though, and Land Rover used it in their Ad campaign....The only way to destroy a Rover.. Hit it with a missile! P-)
Seriously though, mistakes can and do happen, much as we hate to admit it...We just have to think about what we are going to do before we do it, to minimise this sort of thing. And hope not to be under the next we-know-not-what, that gets dropped of an aircraft, be it military or civillian.
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