Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 2, 2006 13:12:24 GMT -5
November 2, 2006 -- LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J. - The Air Force will pay more than $500,000 to an elementary school mistakenly shot by an F-16 two years ago.
Under a settlement announced yesterday, the Air Force will pay $519,070 in compensation to the Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School. The building was damaged by 27 rounds of inert 20-mm ammunition from an air cannon mounted on the plane during a 2004 nighttime mission over New Jersey. The military blamed the pilot for the accident, but also said poorly designed controls in the F-16 played a role.
"The Air Force has done the right thing," said Rep. Jim Saxton (R-Burlington). "Their agreement goes a long way towards repairing the actual damages to the school building as well as keeping their relationship with the community healthy."
www.nypost.com/seven/11022006/news/regionalnews/strafe_school_to_get_500g_regionalnews_.htm
Under a settlement announced yesterday, the Air Force will pay $519,070 in compensation to the Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School. The building was damaged by 27 rounds of inert 20-mm ammunition from an air cannon mounted on the plane during a 2004 nighttime mission over New Jersey. The military blamed the pilot for the accident, but also said poorly designed controls in the F-16 played a role.
"The Air Force has done the right thing," said Rep. Jim Saxton (R-Burlington). "Their agreement goes a long way towards repairing the actual damages to the school building as well as keeping their relationship with the community healthy."
www.nypost.com/seven/11022006/news/regionalnews/strafe_school_to_get_500g_regionalnews_.htm