The Air Force has agreed to pay some $519,000 to the Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School to make repairs to damage it sustained when the pilot of an Air National Guard F-16 mistakenly fired 27 training rounds into the building on Nov. 3, 2004. It was nighttime and there were no casualties. A statement from Rep. James Saxton (R-N.J.) said the school district finally reached an agreement with the Air Force on Oct. 31.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited the site of U.S. Space Command’s future home Dec. 12 and endorsed the move to establish the headquarters in Alabama after years of political back and forth.
