An A-10 Thunderbolt II flies over an airfield during a close-air support training mission at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 19, 2019. (Senior Airman Kristen Heller/Air Force)
Daily Mail: Air Force fighter jet drops three 25-pound dummy training bombs over Florida after a bird strike causes their 'inadvertent release'
* An A-10C Thunderbolt II jet had taken off from Moody Air Force Base in Georgia
* The fighter jet was on a routine training mission when it hit a bird on Monday
* The 'bird strike' caused the 'inadvertent release' of 3 bombs, the Air Force said
* Luckily, the BDU-33s it dropped were nonexplosive dummy training munitions
* There were no injuries but the Air Force didn't know where the bombs landed
* The drop site is believed to be around 54 miles south of the Moody Air base
* The bombs haven't been recovered and shouldn't be handled as they contain small pyrotechnic charges
The Air Force is investigating after a fighter jet struck a bird and dropped three 25-pound bombs over northern Florida on Monday afternoon.
Luckily, the BDU-33 bombs are non-explosive dummy training munitions and there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
But the bombs – which have not yet been recovered – contain small pyrotechnic charges and should not be handled by anyone who finds them, the Air Force said.
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