No one was injured when an A-10C Warthog 'unintentionally released' a phosphorus smoke rocket about halfway between Phoenix and Tucson, Air Force says.
The Air Force is investigating after a jet accidentally fired a rocket into the desert about halfway between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, on Thursday.
The Air Force said the jet, an A-10C Thunderbolt II, popularly known as the Warthog,"unintentionally released a single M-156 rocket" at about 10:40 a.m. while on a training mission.
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