An F-16 fighter jet dropped a 300-gallon fuel tank while flying over a residential part of Florida near its home base at Eglin Air Force Base.

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla — A 300-gallon fuel tank fell off an F-16 fighter jet flying over a residential area in Niceville, Florida, Tuesday morning, according to officials at Eglin Air Force Base. Air Force officials said the incident happened around 11 a.m. and no injuries were reported.

The Air Force is investigating an incident involving an F-16 fighter jet after a fuel tank detached and landed in a neighborhood in Niceville

A fuel tank fell off an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet from Eglin Air Force Base, landing in a residential neighborhood just shy of an elementary school outside of the Florida military base.

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