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U.S. jet accidentally bombs Yorkshire

LONDON (Reuters) - The United States Air Force says it is investigating how one of its fighter jets dropped an unarmed bomb on the Yorkshire countryside last week.

There were no injuries and only "limited property damage" in the incident which happened around 5:15 p.m. last Thursday, a USAF spokesman said.

The 25 lb practice bomb was dropped by a F-15E Strike Eagle on a routine training run from a base at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, eastern England.

The bomb landed in a "sparsely-populated area" near the town of Market Weighton in Yorkshire, the spokesman added.

"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 the incident," the spokesman said.

SSue

Yep, saw it in the BBC News web site.

Maybe they thought Yorkshire was a hide out for the Taliban!

Victor

You are Charlie Brown AICM5P

huh

AICM5P - try this thread and scroll down a bit

...And I Claim My 5 Pounds. The thread Dave refers to never dug up the origin, but I have memories of Radio Luxemburg competitions and a theme later re-used on local radio. They send out guys to accost people in the street and ask some standard question - if you listen to the show (and therefore get a daily dose of advertising from the company offering the 5 pound prize), you recognise the code and reply: 'you are xxx, and I claim my 5 pounds'.

Ok. Still dont understand how this connected to my sig, but never mind.

Cos the signature is attributed to Charlie Brown........................

Ok...if you say so...