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.
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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.
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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.
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The incident is currently under investigation.
For those wondering how it’s properly done, watch the video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynm0emprTRY
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