Military plane inadvertently drops Humvee over Harnett County neighborhood
A C-17 military plane dropped a Humvee prematurely over a neighborhood in Harnett County Wednesday afternoon, Fort Bragg officials confirmed.
No one was injured.
The neighborhood is in the town of Cameron. This incident occurred around 1 p.m. during a training exercise.
“A load of some kind was released early and we’re looking into how it happened,” said Michael Novogradac, a spokesman for the USArmy’s Operational Test Command.
The C-17 aircraft carries supplies and equipment into war zones and, on Wednesday, the special operations team was practicing that type of scenario when the accident happened.
Only two items were aboard the aircraft, which was flying at about 1,500 feet in altitude — the Humvee and a new heavy drop platform.
About a mile from the drop zone at Fort Bragg, the platform went out the back of the C-17.
“Everything went as planned except for the early release,” said Fort Bragg spokesperson Tom McCollum.
“Close” only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
Category: Army News, Military issues
It can be frustrating when your load releases early.
Yeah, some of my hot girlfriends used to give me grief about that.
“Everything went as planned, except for the early release…”
In other news the spokesperson for the Titanic noted that everything went according to plan except for that iceberg…
The operation was a success, but the patient died…
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?
The problem of the Titanic sinking worked itself out. When it hit the ocean floor, it quit sinking.
Other than that, Mrs. Kennedy, How was Dallas?
The operation was a success but the patient failed to rally.
7 1/2 miles north of the leading edge of Sicily North Drop Zone. I wonder if they deployed the anchor drogue without locking the rail locks. At least the static line was attached so the main chutes deployed.
Straight out of the plot from “Delta Farce”, when Larry and his gang got platform-dropped into Mehico instead of Iraq…life imitating art…
Sounds like the major auto makers are trying a new system for delivery of your new car. Just need to coordinate a little better on logistics as to location. Had this had happened in the hills of Kentucky or Tennessee some one there would be driving a new car all over right now, you know the government loses a lot of things from their inventory.
Yeah, I was wondering if the Bubba hoping for a Humvee from Santa was pissed when the Army came and took this one away.
If I buy a Humvee, I’d really rather not have it delivered via air drop, OK?
Well, that seemed appropriate. The news clip was prefaced at my end with a Thomas J Henry ad. He’s a local personal injury lawyer that specializes in accident cases against defendants with deep pockets.
I think that is near CSM (ret) John Hemrick’s retirement house.
307th ENGR
So, will there be an opening for a jumpmaster, loadmaster, navigator, or pilot? Someone got some ‘splaining to do.
I’m rather glad they don’t fly over my neighborhood. They’d be paying for a new house and furniture, new garden shed, new front deck, and wiping all the debris off the pavement after scaring every kid in this neighborhood to death.
In ’64 we had a trooper that was #2 in the stick behind the BN CO in the door. He decided to turn around and exchange Airborne daps with #3. All went well until he turned back around and left his uncovered D Handle on #3’s equipment. #2 exited the C130 at about 130 MPH when his reserve went between the door and said BN Co. One lone chute miles from the DZ. One pissed off BN CO because he took the brunt of #2’s leaving the aircraft instead of the door.
#2 became the most proficient floor buffer operator ever.
“#2 became the most proficient floor buffer operator ever”
Yef’s Dad? (grin)
It had to be done…
(Crowd gathered on ground, pointing up to yhe sky)
“It’s a bird, it’s a plane, i’ts Superman!”
“Phuck, it’s a HUMVEE!”
Airforce’s new catch & release program?
Well at least it wasn’t this….
(Covered by TAH earlier this year (May) and July 2017)
https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=79321
(Never gets old)
I believe that was a 173rd Abn. Div. drop.
I know I gave a “Herd” buddy of mine grief over it (I was 82nd).
WARNING–JUMP STORY!
Even when the chutes are fully deployed, heavy equipment makes one hell of an impact upon landing. Jumping in with a lead command group on an operation in Turkey, I was still gathering up my chute when someone yelled, “Heads up!” I looked up to see a vee of C-130’s approaching the drop zone about fifteen minutes earlier than scheduled. When the drogue chutes began pulling platforms out of the birds, young Poe left his chute and hauled ass for the assembly area like the rest of our group. We were dodging impacts the whole way. Let me tell you, those things make the ground shake when they land close to you. Luckily no one was hit. We were sure cussing the Air Force but they did give us a good jump story to tell for years.
Reminds me of the saying “it’s raining shit and big flat rocks”
Nothing bigger than dozens of G11 cargo chutes deploying directly over your head. At night also ads to the pucker factor.
This wasn’t an accident. It’s a stealth version of Jade Helm and only this one drop was spotted.
Drop one in my yard, I’m keepin it! Hope it has a cool M2 mounted too. 🙂
Finders keepers, right?
It’d go like this for you:
Bullshit. Finders keepers!
I checked with a jumpmaster friend of mine out there. She claims that she had nothing to do with it…
lol, I hope she has a good alibi
Always heard tales (as an E-2) from some of our NCOs in the early 80s that the Soviets practiced heavy dropping armour with the crew inside….interesting.
Does everyone giggle when those things burn in?