Navy shelves training bomb after accident

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Navy shelves training bomb after accident

Navy shelves training bomb after accident
The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Nov 3, 2007 7:35:01 EDT

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Navy has suspended the use of its BDU-48 training bomb while it investigates how one accidentally dropped from a fighter jet on Tuesday.

Atlantic Fleet Naval Air Force spokesman Mike Moss says training will continue as scheduled, just without use of the devices.

The 10-pound, inert training bomb fell from an F/A-18C Hornet and hit a warehouse as the aircraft was approaching Oceana Naval Air Station. It was returning from a training mission at the Navy’s bombing range in Dare County, N.C.

Article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/10/navy_hornet_dropsbomb_071030w/

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