SEMIHEMI01@aol.com wrote:
> EL PASO, Texas (Dec. 28) - The Air Force said Friday it will pay about
> $12,000 in damages to a woman whose house was hit by a dummy bomb.
>
> Gloria Aker's west Texas home was hit last July by a bomb accidentally
> dropped from an Air Force F-117A Nighthawk on a practice run from Holloman
> Air Force Base in New Mexico.
>
> Although the dummy didn't contain explosives, it pierced the home's roof,
> flew through a bathroom, slammed through a wall, then plowed 6 feet into the
> ground. Later, a device used to locate the bomb discharged smoke throughout
> the house.
Only 12 grand? My brother smacked a house with his Blazer and it was
$20,000 damage!
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