National Guard Fighter Jet Strafes School
None Hurt; Military Investigating
By WAYNE PARRY, AP
LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J. (Nov. 5) - The target was an object on the ground well within the confines of the Warren Grove firing range, a 2,400-acre scrub pine expanse used by the military to train pilots in bombing and strafing techniques.
But when the heavy gun in the left wing of an Air National Guard F-16 fighter jet fired Wednesday night, it sent 25 rounds of 20mm ammunition smashing through the roof and zinging off the asphalt parking lot of the Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School 3 1/2 miles from the range.
Military investigators are trying to determine how it could have happened.
A custodian was the only person in the school when the shots hit at 11 p.m., and no one was injured.
Pic of New Jersey Air National Guard F-16 "Fighting Falcon" jet similar to the one that strafed the school.