F-4 fighter sits at Chitose base after mistakenly firing shots

F-4 fighter sits at Chitose base after mistakenly firing shots

CHITOSE, Japan - A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force F-4 fighter sits at Hokkaido's Chitose base after mistakenly firing 20-millimeter rounds during a drill in Hokkaido. An ASDF officer points at the cannon from which the rounds were fired.

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