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Satanica

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https://apnews.com/c02f2bab7f46492eb5c349d26eb4cc01
Authorities are trying to determine how a box of ammunition fell from a military helicopter and crashed through the roof of an elementary school in Texas.

The Ysleta Independent School District says no one was injured when the ammo box hit Parkland Elementary School in El Paso on Thursday afternoon. The ammo box left a hole in the roof and caused a power outage in part of the building.

Officials at nearby Fort Bliss say they’ll reassess flight patterns [....]

In a statement, 1st Armored Division Combat Aviation Brigade commander Col. Jay Hopkins said he was sorry for the damage and grateful no one was hurt.

Then there's this mishap.
https://gizmodo.com/the-air-force-would-appreciate-some-help-finding-a-box-1826056964
Hello! Did you happen to be walking down a gravel road in or near Mountrail County, North Dakota and find a big ol’ crate of explosive grenade rounds? The US Air Force meant to fire those somewhere else, and would really like it if you return them.

According to the Washington Post, the 91st Missile Wing Security Forces of Minot Air Force Base—one of the detachments that protects US nuclear missile facilities from attacks—lost a cache of MK 19 automatic grenade launcher munitions during shipment between ICBM sites. Despite an intensive search by personnel, they have not located said boom box,[....]

the Air Force sent more than 100 airmen to walk the entire six-mile route where the grenades were probably lost, according to a statement from the local Mountrail County sheriff. But two weeks after it was lost, the box of explosives still hasn’t been found.

The Air Force said it does not consider the missing grenades a criminal matter and is now offering a reward of $5,000 to return them. That seems well below market rate compared to, say, the time Japanese police offered a $1,250 bountyfor every illegal grenade that good Samaritans tipped them off to. But hey: Whoever found these was probably either going to return them or play finders-keepers regardless of whatever bounty is offered.

Air Force Lt. Col. Jamie Humphries told the Post that “We are hoping to get contacted by someone soon with information that leads to the can’s return.” He additionally cautioned that mishandling the crate of grenades could result in them performing their intended function at an unintended time. Mountrail County Sheriff Kenneth G. Halvorson added in another statement to the Postthat attempting to fire the rounds out of anything other than an MK 19 automatic grenade launcher could result in “catastrophic failure,” so also don’t do that.

Obviously, being in possession of said crate of grenades without notifying authorities to come get them is both a really stupid thing to do and could eventually result in a heavily armed tactical team kicking in the doors of your house. Anyone with information on the explosives—or who has found them and does not desire to spend a long vacation in federal prison—should contact the Air Force Office of Special Investigations at 701-723-7909.
 
http://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/...estigating-missing-machine-gun-482974661.html
Officials at Minot Air Force Base say they discovered that a M-240 machine gun was missing during a standard weapons inventory Wednesday.
The 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing immediately began searching their weapons inventories, and have opened an investigation with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations.

The weapon is a 7.62 caliber. Lt. Col. Jamie Humphries says that all ammunition is accounted for.

This is the second investigation launched into missing equipment in the past few weeks.
 
I got a nephew in the AF, not at minot, but says even where he is at the security has cracked down BIG TIME. Theyre doing ID checks on folks LEAVING base even, and are checking vehicles, to include trunks, upon entering AND exiting base. Dont know if theyre so desperate to find this shit that theyre searching every single base in the region, or if it's merely a result of some felt need for increased security in a broad/general sense.

Minot also unknowingly flew some nuclear warheads bout a decade or so ago. That base can't catch a fucking break. Embarrassing.
 
http://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/...-in-airmans-off-base-residence-486075511.html
An M-240 machine gun unaccounted for last month has been recovered, according to a spokesperson with Minot Air Force Base.

According to a release from the base, special agents with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations obtained a federal search warrant and recovered the gun in an airman’s off-base residence Tuesday.

The weapon was reported missing May 16.

No further information was released at this time since the investigation is ongoing.

The missing gun, along with a lost can of grenades, prompted a weapons inventory across eight military installations, and the security commander for the 91st Missile Wing was relieved of his duties.
 
Now they need to find out if he wanted it for his own purposes, or if he intended to sell it.

Bet he also took the grenades. Too coincidental.

Prob still wont get a dishonorable.
 
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