MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- During a routine training mission, an A-10C Thunderbolt II assigned to the 23d Fighter Group experienced an inadvertent release of a small non-explosive training munition in-flight, today at approximately 11:34 a.m.
The exact location of the munition is unknown, but it is believed to have landed somewhere within a 30-mile radius that may affect Lowndes, Lanier, Berrien, Cook, Brooks, and Colquitt counties.
The training munition is approximately 22 and a half inches long and is blue in color. Although the training munition is inert, it is equipped with a small pyrotechnic charge and should not be handled.
If the training munition is found, do not approach it, take note of the location, leave the area and keep others away. Then, contact the 23d Wing Command Post at (229) 257-9308 or your local authorities.