Accidental drop of mock bomb by U.S. fighter

Photo taken at the U.S. military's Misawa air base in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 13, 2020, shows an F-16 fighter and a mock bomb. A U.S. F-16 fighter jet accidentally dropped a 230-kilogram mock bomb during training over private land near the base in November 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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