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Army Searches For Missing Fort Drum Missile

M36 Captive Flight Training Missile
Ft. Drum
M36 Captive Flight Training Missile

FORT DRUM (AP) Has anyone seen a stray missile?

The Army is asking the public for help finding a dummy missile lost Friday
morning during an Apache helicopter flight from Fort Drum in northern New York
to this weekend's air show at Stewart International Airport in the lower Hudson
Valley.

Fort Drum officials say the M36 Captive Flight Training Missile poses no risk
to the public because it's not explosive. The 100-pound steel casing is used to
simulate the weight of a missile during flight.

It had been attached to an Apache helicopter with Fort Drum's 10th Combat
Aviation Brigade, part of the 10th Mountain Division.

Anyone with information is asked to call local police or the 10th Mountain
Division Operations Center at (315) 772-6324.

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