US Air Force accidentally fires rocket into Arizona desert
An A-10C Air Force jet accidentally fires a M156 rocket into the Arizona desert landing 60 Northeast of Tucson.
The U.S. Air Force unintentionally fired a rocket into the Arizona desert, officials said.
The jet, an A-10C Thunderbolt II, also known as the Warthog, “unintentionally released a single M-156 rocket” at 10:40 a.m. Thursday morning during a routine training mission, the Air Force said. The rocket landed in a desert 60 miles northeast of Tucson, according to officials at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
The incident is currently under investigation. No injuries, fires or damages from the launch of the white phosphorus missile – used by the military in ammunition to create smoke to identify targets and cover troop movement – have been reported.
“This is unusual,” an official at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base told FOX Business on Friday.
The A-10C Thunderbolt II was assigned to the 354th Fighter squadron from the 355th Wing.
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