A U.S. Army Humvee accidentally dropped right next to a house near Fort Bragg, N.C., last week.
Thankfully, there were no injuries and no property damage as a result of the incident.
Army Humvee Near Miss
The incident occurred on Oct. 24 around 1 p.m. The Humvee landed a literal stone’s throw from a house approximately five miles from Fort Bragg.
A C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C, was conducting “routine air drop test training” when the Humveein advertently dropped.
According to a statement from Joint Base Charleston:
“The C-17 took off from Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on a routine air drop test training mission and inadvertently dropped a U.S. Army Humvee vehicle prematurely over Cameron, North Carolina, approximately five miles from the Fort Bragg drop zone.”
The aircraft landed safely at Pope Army Airfield, N.C.
The incident is currently under investigation.
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