F-16 Bombs Tulsa

NintendoRev · Postby **NintendoRev** » 16 Mar 2008, 10:20

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/03/v ... -bomb.html

Well he deserved it.. or something. XD the national gaurd

Vaughn · Postby **Vaughn** » 16 Mar 2008, 10:37

bullshit, someone wants him dead.

wilson_x1999 · Postby **wilson_x1999** » 16 Mar 2008, 11:35

Maybe he complained about the war or something.

tak197 · Postby **tak197** » 16 Mar 2008, 12:16

I, Nameless Slug · Postby **I, Nameless Slug** » 16 Mar 2008, 13:36

Being from the states I have to defend the National Guard. They do more then accidently bomb apartments. They also help politicians children dodge the draft.
also a related (but old) onion article http://www.theonion.com/content/news_br ... EMTF_Onion

empath · Postby **empath** » 16 Mar 2008, 14:38

Well, sounds like pilot or 'load-toad' error - either the 'weekend warrior' accidentally hit "release hardpoint #6" while adjusting the flaps or trim after take-off, or maybe the airdale(s) mounting the training bombs didn't quite secure this one...

This is far from the only instance of accidental weapons release - just like anything man-made (including promises), they break.

And Tulsa isn't alone in the 'bombed by it's own forces' club - Boise City, OK got a full training bombing run by a B-17 back in '43. Apparently the crew was doing a night practice mission and got disoriented (guess this is part of the reason the USAAF opted for daylight bombing in WWII?) and mistook the lights around the town square as their target - since it was the middle of the night, no one was around to be harmed.

What makes me wonder, though, is why were there lights on in an empty square? In the middle of the night? Even without a war on, towns and cities typically shut everything down at night to save electricity...

The Pious Flea · Postby **The Pious Flea** » 16 Mar 2008, 14:54

It's a conspiracy. The whole incident was just a cover story for the retaliatory strike called in against an ever-widening portal to Carcosa.

tak197 · Postby **tak197** » 16 Mar 2008, 15:35

I, Nameless Slug wrote:Being from the states I have to defend the National Guard. They do more then accidently bomb apartments. They also help politicians children dodge the draft.
also a related (but old) onion article http://www.theonion.com/content/news_br ... EMTF_Onion

I too am from the states. I just find it funny that the ANG is the reason this happened.

NachoManLance · Postby **NachoManLance** » 16 Mar 2008, 16:43

Well, damn. If you're in a city in the middle of nowhere, shit gets bombed on you. If you're in a big city (esp. by the coast), a huge monster screws you over. NO PLACE IS SAFE!

AndyTheSkanker · Postby **AndyTheSkanker** » 17 Mar 2008, 06:10

It's Lulza Oklmaohoma. No big deal. Missed kansas either way, bombed a lulzworthy shithole ^_^

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