A-10 Accidentally Drops Bombs On Michigan Forest

Strange Military

Bombs Away.

Fans of the A-10 can rejoice as the US Military announced that it will not be retiring the ground-attack jet. However, with the good news also comes some bad news at the expense of the A-10 Warthog. Recently it came to light that an A-10 had accidentally deployed training bombs on a forest in Michigan.

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During a routine training exercise at Camp Grayling munitions fell out of an A-10 into an unpopulated forest area. A nearby hunter witnessed the incident and quickly alerted authorities. Officials are attributing mechanical failure to an A-10 accidentally dropping seven training bombs. Fortunately, the munitionsย were not explosive and caused no serious harm to anyone or the environment.

“Theyโ€™re not explosive because theyโ€™re training ordinance, training bombs.ย Theyโ€™re used to mark the spot of impact, but not have an explosive risk.”

– Lieutenant Colonel Mathew Trumble

The bombs were recovered by the National Guard, six 20-pound bombs and a larger bomb nearly seven feet in length. The National Guard issues a formal statement on the incident in this clip from Up North Live.

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